The orphan girl : a novel
Palka, Kurt, 1941-2022
Book
London, 1944/45- Kate Henderson is an energetic and spirited young woman. As a trained paramedic and ambulance driver she does her work courageously and with determination, even though underneath she is still wrestling with grief after witnessing the shooting death of her diplomat father seven years earlier. Her father's murder was never properly investigated and it remains unsolved. Kate's life is interrupted once more when she wakes up one night to the sound of the air raid alarm and the terror whistles of a bomb's stabilizers screaming toward the roof of her house. Kate survives, but she is injured.
Main title:
The orphan girl : a novel / Kurt Palka.
Author:
Palka, Kurt, 1941-, author
Imprint:
[Toronto] : McClelland & Stewart, [2022]©2022.
Collation:
321 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
97807710725360771072538
Language:
English
Subject:
Parents -- Death -- FictionAmbulance drivers -- FictionAbusive men -- FictionAllied health personnel -- FictionBombings -- FictionFriendship -- FictionGrief -- FictionMan-woman relationships -- FictionMurder -- FictionOrphans -- FictionWomen physicians -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- England -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- FictionCanada -- History -- 1914-1945 -- FictionEngland -- FictionLondon (England) -- History -- 1800-1950 -- FictionDomestic fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
142786