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The orphan girl : a novel
- Title
- The orphan girl : a novel / Kurt Palka.
- Author
- Palka, Kurt, 1941-
- Publication
- [Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, [2022]
- ©2022
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 23-2199 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 321 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- "London, 1944/45 Kate Henderson is an energetic and spirited young woman. As a trained paramedic and ambulance driver she does her work courageously and with determination, even though underneath she is still wrestling with grief after witnessing the shooting death of her diplomat father seven years earlier. Her father's murder was never properly investigated and it remains unsolved. Kate's life is drastically interrupted once more when she wakes up one night to the sound of the air raid alarm and the terror whistles of a bomb's stabilizers screaming toward the roof of her house. In the explosion, her mother and her aunt die; Kate survives, but she is injured. Her house is gone as well, and after her time in the hospital, Claire Giroux, a kind doctor and family friend, invites Kate to live with her as she recuperates. This arrangement works well for them until a few months later when Claire's husband comes home from the war. Within days the lives of both women are drastically changed, and events are set in motion, both in England and in Canada, that challenge Kate and Claire to their limits. The Orphan Girl is a moving and powerful story about friendship and courage, and about promises made and kept."--
- Alternative Title
- Orphan girl : ...courage found and a promise kept...
- Subject
- 1939-1945
- Abusive men > Fiction
- Ambulance drivers > Fiction
- Bombings > Fiction
- Friendship > Fiction
- Murder > Fiction
- Orphans > Fiction
- Allied health personnel > Fiction
- Man-woman relationships > Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction
- Women
- Canada > History > 1914-1945 > Fiction
- London (England) > History > 1800-1950 > Fiction
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Romans.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Call Number
- JFD 23-2199
- ISBN
- 9780771072536
- 0771072538
- OCLC
- 1285566509
- Author
- Palka, Kurt, 1941- author.
- Title
- The orphan girl : a novel / Kurt Palka.
- Publisher
- [Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Other Form:
- Online version: Palka, Kurt, 1941- Orphan girl. Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2022 0771072546 9780771072543 (OCoLC)1287928101
- Research Call Number
- JFD 23-2199