Miss Morgan's Book Brigade - A Novel by Janet Skeslein Charles, 1 Each
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seenchildrens libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson comes across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her painstaking research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New Yorks famed library, but she will learn their paths will converge in surprising ways over time.Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgans Book Brigade is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change.Product Number: 09781668010334
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Description
1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seenchildrens libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson comes across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her painstaking research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New Yorks famed library, but she will learn their paths will converge in surprising ways over time.Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgans Book Brigade is a tribute to the resilience of the human spirit, the power of literature, and ultimately the courage it takes to make a change.Product Number: 09781668010334
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