Letters across the sea / Genevieve Graham.
Publisher: Toronto : Simon & Schuster Canada, 2021Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada editionDescription: 365 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781982169343
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Fiction | Hanover Public Library Shelves | FIC GRAH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001194878 |
Includes discussion questions.
1933
At eighteen years old, Molly Ryan dreams of becoming a journalist, but instead she spends her days working any job she can to help her family through the Depression crippling her city. The one bright spot in her life is watching baseball with her best friend, Hannah Dreyfus, and sneaking glances at Hannah’s handsome older brother, Max.
But as the summer unfolds, more and more of Hitler’s hateful ideas cross the sea and “Swastika Clubs” and “No Jews Allowed” signs spring up around Toronto, a city already simmering with mass unemployment, protests, and unrest. When tensions between the Irish and Jewish communities erupt in a riot one smouldering day in August, Molly and Max are caught in the middle, with devastating consequences for both their families.
1939
Six years later, the Depression has eased and Molly is a reporter at her local paper. But a new war is on the horizon, putting everyone she cares about most in peril. As letters trickle in from overseas, Molly is forced to confront what happened all those years ago, but is it too late to make things right?
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