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Across a broken shore  Cover Image Book Book

Across a broken shore / Amy Trueblood.

Trueblood, Amy, (author.).

Summary:

"In 1936 San Francisco, eighteen-year-old Willa MacCarthy is bound for the convent. But when she discovers her love of medicine, she will defy her family and work with a female doctor to care for those building the Golden Gate Bridge"-- Provided by publisher.
1936. Wilhelmina 'Willa' MacCarthy Irish-Catholic family is counting on her to take vows as a nun. But Willa's found another calling: sneaking away to help Doctor Katherine Winston in her medical clinic in San Francisco's Richmond District. When Willa agrees to help the doctor at a field hospital near the new bridge being built over the Golden Gate, she thinks she can handle her new chaotic life. But a dashing young ironworker help her realize that hiding from what she truly wants may be her biggest lie of all. -- adapted from back cover

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781635830422
  • ISBN: 1635830427
  • Physical Description: 343 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Mendota Heights, MN : Flux, an imprint of North Star Editions, Inc., [2019]
Subject: Physicians > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
Families > California > San Francisco > Juvenile fiction.
Irish Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Catholics > Juvenile fiction.
Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.) > Design and construction > Juvenile fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA TRU 2019 (Text) 0002205535673 Young Adult Fiction Available -


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