Pelican girls : a novel
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Published
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024].
Status
Central - Adult Fiction - NEW
F MALYE
1 available
F MALYE
1 available
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Westover - Adult Fiction - NEW | F MALYE | Checked Out | June 8, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
354 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Paris, 1720. La Salpêtrière 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, Pétronille, and Geneviève, 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.
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: a novel (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Malye, Julia. 2024. Pelican Girls: A Novel. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Malye, Julia. Pelican Girls: A Novel Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Malye, Julia. Pelican Girls: A Novel First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024.
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