Library for the War-wounded
A Novel
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Format: Book
Description: 199 pages ; 22 cm.
"Inspired by the author's family history, this...story transports us to the aftermath of World War II where her father, Josef Helfer, after returning from the war an amputee, managed a convalescent home for the war-wounded and became obsessed with the home's unlikely and remarkable library"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Amputees -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Families -- Austria -- Fiction.
Fathers -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Hospital libraries -- Fiction.
Hospitals, Convalescent -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Fiction.
Austria -- History -- Fiction.
European fiction
Historical fiction
Amputees -- Fiction.
Books and reading -- Fiction.
Families -- Austria -- Fiction.
Fathers -- Fiction.
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.
Hospital libraries -- Fiction.
Hospitals, Convalescent -- Fiction.
Libraries -- Fiction.
Veterans -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Fiction.
Austria -- History -- Fiction.
European fiction
Historical fiction
ISBN:
9781639732395
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Helfer | St. Andrews Indoors | New, Fiction | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
"First published in 2021 in Germany as Vati by Carl Hanser Verlag. First published in the United States 2024."--Title page verso.