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Title: |
Across a Broken Shore |
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| By (author): |
Amy Trueblood |
| ISBN10-13: |
1635830427 : 9781635830422 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
203x133mm |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Weight: |
.331 Kg. |
| Published: |
Flux - November 2019 |
| List Price: |
15.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 3 |
| Subjects: |
Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories |
| The last thing eighteen-year-old Wilhelmina â Willaâ MacCarthy wants is to be a nun. Itâ s 1936, and as the only daughter amongst four sons, her Irishâ Catholic family is counting on her to take her vowsâ but Willaâ s found another calling. Each day she sneaks away to help Doctor Katherine Winston in her medical clinic in San Franciscoâ s Richmond District. Keeping secrets from her family only becomes more complicated when Willa agrees to help the doctor at a field hospital near the new bridge being built over the Golden Gate. Willa thinks she can handle her new chaotic life, but as she draws closer to a dashing young ironworker and risks grow at the bridge, she discovers that hiding from what she truly wants may be her biggest lie of all. |
| Awards / Prizes: |
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A 2019 Junior Library Guild selection
2019
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Rise: A Feminist Book Project selection
2020
Awarded By: (Formerly known as the Amelia Bloomer Project) |
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2020 IPPY Award Gold Medalist (Historical Fiction)
2020
United States
Winner
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2020 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Gold Medalist (Young Adult Fiction - Historical/Cultural)
2020
United States
Winner
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| Reviews: |
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"Trueblood expertly portrays life in Depression-era San Francisco through the eyes of a young woman." -- School Library Journal
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"The history of the bridge, women in medicine, and family life will have great appeal." -- Booklist
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"A fascinating glimpse into Irish-Catholic life in 1930s San Francisco, the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, and the limited opportunities for women in that era." Feminists and history-buffs alike are sure to enjoy Across a Broken Shore.” -- Children’s Literature Jan 2020
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