Pelican girls
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : Harper, [2024].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Status
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Published
New York : Harper, [2024].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Description
"For fans of sweeping historical literature in the vein of Philipp Meyer's The Son or Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, an extraordinary US literary debut set in Paris and colonial New Orleans and based on a true story, about three of the 88 young women-among them an orphan, a madwoman, and an abortionist-who were deported to the Louisiana Territory as brides"--,Provided by publisher.
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Paris, 1720. La Salp̊trïre hospital is in too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France's colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up nearly a hundred female "volunteers" of childbearing age--orphans, prisoners, and mental patients--to be shipped to New Orleans. Among this group are three unlikely a sharp-tongued twelve-year old orphan, a mute 'madwoman,' and an accused abortionist. Charlotte, P̌tronille, and Genevïve, along with the dozens of other women aboard La Baleine, have no knowledge of what lies ahead and no control over their futures. Strangers brought together by fate, these brave and fierce young women will face extraordinary adversity--pirates, slavedrivers, sickness, war--but also the private trauma of heartbreak and unrequited love, children born and lost, cruelty and unexpected pleasure, and a friendship forged in fire that will sustain through the years. At once a gorgeously written work of startling depth and emotion and a gripping drama marrying high-seas adventure with pioneer grit, Pelican Girls is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about female friendship and desire and the daunting compromises women are forced to make to survive.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Ash Fork Public Library - FIC - Fiction Books | MALYE, JULIA | Checked Out |
Prescott Public Library - MLNEW - Adult New Books | MALYE, JULIA | Checked Out |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Brides -- Fiction.
Deportees -- France -- Fiction.
Deportees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Novels.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction.
Deportees -- France -- Fiction.
Deportees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 18th century -- Fiction.
Novels.
Ocean travel -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Malye, J. (2024). Pelican girls (First edition.). Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Malye, Julia. 2024. Pelican Girls. Harper.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Malye, Julia. Pelican Girls Harper, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Malye, Julia. Pelican Girls First edition., Harper, 2024.
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