Night watch
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Port Angeles - New Books - Fiction - New Books Shelves | PHILLIP Jayn | Checked Out | May 22, 2024 |
Sequim - New Books - Fiction - New Books Shelves | PHILLIP Jayn | Checked Out | May 31, 2024 |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Amnesia -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Mental illness -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Psychic trauma -- Fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction.
Selective mutism -- Fiction.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
Mental illness -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
Psychic trauma -- Fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction.
Selective mutism -- Fiction.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"In 1874, in the wake of the Civil War, eleven-year-old ConaLee and her mother arrive at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. They're delivered to the hospital's entrance by Papa--an abusive veteran who forces himself into their lives--after ConaLee's mother, who hasn't spoken in a year, grows even more withdrawn. Before he departs, Papa assigns them new identities and demands that ConaLee introduce herself as her mother's nurse--not her daughter--so they'll both be admitted and allowed to stay. There, far from family, their beloved neighbor, Dearbhla, and the home they know, ConaLee will care for her mother and try to reclaim their lives. Years earlier, ConaLee's father left for the war before she was born and never returned. After suffering a life-threatening head wound in battle, he couldn't remember his name, his family, or where he came from. Forced to start over, he takes the name of the doctor who gave him a second life, and ventures back into the world looking for work and the truth about his past"--,Provided by publisher.