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Miss Morgan's book brigade / Janet Skeslien Charles.

Skeslien Charles, Janet, (author.). Sanders, Jackie, (narrator.). Ireland, Marin, (narrator.). Gadon, Sarah, 1987- (narrator.). Playaway Products, LLC, (issuing body.).

Summary:

The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the "captivating, richly drawn" (Woman's World) The Paris Library returns with a brilliant new novel based on the true story of Jessie Carson--the American librarian who changed the literary landscape of France.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 seen--children's 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 stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea their paths will converge in surprising ways across time. Based on the extraordinary little-known history of the women who received the Croix de Guerre medal for courage under fire, Miss Morgan's 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668047842
  • ISBN: 1668047845
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (9 hr., 17 min., 12 sec.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Release date supplied by publisher.
Previously released by Simon & Schuster.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Marin Ireland and Sarah Gadon.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Sound files.
Target Audience Note:
Adult.
Source of Description Note:
Hard copy version record.
Subject: Carson, Jessie, 1876-1959 > Fiction.
American Committee for Devastated France > Fiction.
New York Public Library > Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
Fiction.
Women librarians > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Civilian relief > France > Fiction.
Americans > France > Fiction.
Children's libraries > France > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Femmes bibliothécaires > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Secours aux civils > France > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Bibliothèques pour enfants > France > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Écrivains > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Genre: Electronic books.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Audiobooks.
Romans.
Livres audio.

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