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The daughters of Mars : a novel / Thomas Keneally.
Van Pelt Library PR9619.3.K46 D38 2013
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LIBRA PR9619.3.K46 D38 2013
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Keneally Daughters
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keneally, Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sisters--Fiction.
- Sisters.
- Hospitals.
- Nurses--Fiction.
- Nurses.
- Family secrets--Fiction.
- Family secrets.
- Australia--Fiction.
- Australia.
- Soldiers--Fiction.
- Soldiers.
- World War, 1914-1918--Women--Fiction.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- War fiction.
- War stories.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 517 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atria Books, 2013.
- Summary:
- In 1915, Naomi and Sally Durance, two spirited Australian sisters, join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their fathers farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Though they are used to tending the sick, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first on a hospital ship near Gallipoli, then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage, the sisters become the friends they never were at home and find themselves courageous in the face of extreme danger and also the hostility from some on their own side.
- "From the acclaimed author of Schindlers List comes the epic, unforgettable story of two sisters whose lives are transformed by the cataclysm of the First World War. In 1915, Naomi and Sally Durance, two spirited Australian sisters, join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their fathers farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Though they are used to tending the sick, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first on a hospital ship near Gallipoli, then on the Western Front. Yet amid the carnage, the sisters become the friends they never were at home and find themselves courageous in the face of extreme danger and also the hostility from some on their own side. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Australia : Vintage Australia, 2012.
- Color map on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 517).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Roberta S. & Leonard S. Leibman, W'53 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781476734613
- 1476734615
- 9781476734637
- 1476734631
- OCLC:
- 852399965
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