A Star for Mrs. Blake |
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| Author:
| Smith, April |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62899-036-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2014 |
| Publisher: | Center Point Large Print
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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A romantically charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the 1930s about five American women-- Gold Star Mothers -- who travel to France to visit the graves of their sons who served as World War I soldiers. The women meet for the first time just before their journey begins: Katie, an Irish maid from Dorchester, Massachusetts; Minnie, wife of an immigrant Russian Jewish chicken farmer; Bobbie, a wealthy Boston socialite; Wilhelmina, a former tennis star in precarious mental health; and...
More DescriptionA romantically charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the 1930s about five American women-- Gold Star Mothers -- who travel to France to visit the graves of their sons who served as World War I soldiers. The women meet for the first time just before their journey begins: Katie, an Irish maid from Dorchester, Massachusetts; Minnie, wife of an immigrant Russian Jewish chicken farmer; Bobbie, a wealthy Boston socialite; Wilhelmina, a former tennis star in precarious mental health; and Cora Blake, a single mother and librarian from coastal Maine. When the women finally travel to Verdun to visit the battlegrounds where their sons fought and died as well as the cemeteries where they are buried, shocking events including a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed will guarantee that Cora's life and those of her traveling companions will become inextricably intertwined. Only now will they be able to emerge from their grief and return home to their loved ones. This is a timeless story set against a footnote of history.