A Light Beyond the Trenches : a novel of WWI
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Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
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Center Point Large Print edition.
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533 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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Published
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
Format
Large Print
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Language
English

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Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp.
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Includes author's note with background information.
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"By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. Stalling is inspired with an idea to train dogs as companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, and his hopes of being a composer. Still, through Anna's prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating brutality and Bruno's role in it, she realizes how impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war unscathed..."--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hlad, A. (2022). A Light Beyond the Trenches: a novel of WWI (Center Point Large Print edition.). Center Point Large Print.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hlad, Alan. 2022. A Light Beyond the Trenches: A Novel of WWI. Center Point Large Print.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hlad, Alan. A Light Beyond the Trenches: A Novel of WWI Center Point Large Print, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hlad, Alan. A Light Beyond the Trenches: A Novel of WWI Center Point Large Print edition., Center Point Large Print, 2022.

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