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Author
Publisher
Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Mariner books edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Downed during his first mission, James Hunter is taken captive as a German POW. To bide the time, he studies a nest of redstarts at the edge of camp. Some prisoners plot escape; some are shot. And then, one day, James is called to the Kommandant's office. Meanwhile, back home, James's new wife, Rose, is on her own, free in a way she has never known. Then, James's sister, Enid, loses everything during the Blitz and must seek shelter with Rose. In...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Henry measured and recorded the temperature on and around Walden Pond across the seasons. He built a cabin on its banks and lived there mostly alone - for two years, two months and two days. Inspired by the letters and diaries of Henry David Thoreau, this novel shows how strikingly similar the concerns of the early nine-teenth century are to our own, and reminds us to listen for news of change: the song of spring's first bluebird, reports from...