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A star for Mrs. Blake, April Smith

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"An emotionally-charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the l930's about five American women--Gold Star Mothers--who travel to France to visit the graves of their WWI soldier sons: a pilgrimage that will change their lives in unforeseeable and indelible ways. 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. In Paris, Cora meets a journalist whose drug habit helps him hide from his own war-time fate--facial wounds so grievous he's forced to wear a metal mask. This man will change Cora's life in wholly unexpected ways. And when the women finally travel to Verdun to visit the battlegrounds where their sons fought as well as the cemeteries where they are buried, shocking events -a death, a scandal, a secret revealed--will guarantee that Cora's life and those of her traveling companions will become inextricably intertwined, and 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: little known but unforgettable.."--
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (7 hr., 31 min., 31 sec.))
Isbn
9780804166263
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http://ebcd.cuyahogalibrary.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=A20838AE-6D33-4EDB-9FC4-324A555C2D8A
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A star for Mrs. Blake
Title
A star for Mrs. Blake
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April Smith
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Language
eng
Summary
"An emotionally-charged, brilliantly realized novel set in the l930's about five American women--Gold Star Mothers--who travel to France to visit the graves of their WWI soldier sons: a pilgrimage that will change their lives in unforeseeable and indelible ways. 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. In Paris, Cora meets a journalist whose drug habit helps him hide from his own war-time fate--facial wounds so grievous he's forced to wear a metal mask. This man will change Cora's life in wholly unexpected ways. And when the women finally travel to Verdun to visit the battlegrounds where their sons fought as well as the cemeteries where they are buried, shocking events -a death, a scandal, a secret revealed--will guarantee that Cora's life and those of her traveling companions will become inextricably intertwined, and 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: little known but unforgettable.."--
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Read by Bernadette Dunne
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Label
A star for Mrs. Blake, April Smith
Link
http://ebcd.cuyahogalibrary.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=A20838AE-6D33-4EDB-9FC4-324A555C2D8A
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online resource
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cr
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Content category
spoken word
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spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
8ocm67846795
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Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (7 hr., 31 min., 31 sec.))
File format
unknown
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9780804166263
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(electronic audio bk.)
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computer
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a20838ae-6d33-4edb-9fc4-324a555c2d8a
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sound
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digital recording
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other
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Label
A star for Mrs. Blake, April Smith
Link
http://ebcd.cuyahogalibrary.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=A20838AE-6D33-4EDB-9FC4-324A555C2D8A
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
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unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
not applicable
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
8ocm67846795
Dimensions
  • not applicable
  • unknown
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 audio file (7 hr., 31 min., 31 sec.))
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780804166263
Isbn Type
(electronic audio bk.)
Kind of cutting
not applicable
Kind of disc cylinder or tape
not applicable
Kind of material
unknown
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
c
Other physical details
digital.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
a20838ae-6d33-4edb-9fc4-324a555c2d8a
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not applicable
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unknown
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sound
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other
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