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LocationOakland
Call NoF CAM
TitleThe Italian ballerina / Kristy Cambron.
AuthorCambron, Kristy, author.
Barcode529038
CollectionLarge Print Fiction
Summary"A prima ballerina. Two American medics. And a young Jewish girl with no name . . . At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy's Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness that is sweeping through the quarantine wards--a fake disease known only as Syndrome K--she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history. Alongside hospital staff, friars of the adjoining church, and two Allied medics, Julia risks everything to rescue Jewish Italians from the deadly clutches of the Holocaust. But when one little girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina arrives at their door, Julia and the others are determined to reunite the young dancer with her family--if only she would reveal one crucial secret: her name. Present Day. With the recent loss of her grandfather--a beloved small-town doctor and WWII veteran--Delaney Coleman returns home as she struggles to pick up the pieces of her own life. When a mysterious Italian woman claims she owns one of the family's precious heirlooms, Delaney is compelled to uncover what's true of her grandfather's hidden past. Together with the woman's skeptical but charming grandson, Delaney learns of a Roman hospital that saved hundreds of Jewish people during the war. Based on true accounts of the invented Syndrome K sickness, The Italian Ballerina journeys from the Allied storming of the beaches at Salerno to the London ballet stage and the war-torn streets of WWII Rome, exploring the choices we must make to find faith and forgiveness, and how saving just one life can impact countless others"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780785232193
International Standard Book Number 9798885780971
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6 23/eng/20220929
Personal Name Cambron, Kristy, author.
Title Statement The Italian ballerina / Kristy Cambron.
Edition Statement Large print edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Ã2022
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company, 2022.
Physical Description 551 p. (Lg. Print) hardcover 23 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Series Statement Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction
General Note "A World War II novel"--Cover.
General Note Includes discussion questions.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 543-544).
Summary, Etc. "A prima ballerina. Two American medics. And a young Jewish girl with no name . . . At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy's Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness that is sweeping through the quarantine wards--a fake disease known only as Syndrome K--she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history. Alongside hospital staff, friars of the adjoining church, and two Allied medics, Julia risks everything to rescue Jewish Italians from the deadly clutches of the Holocaust. But when one little girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina arrives at their door, Julia and the others are determined to reunite the young dancer with her family--if only she would reveal one crucial secret: her name. Present Day. With the recent loss of her grandfather--a beloved small-town doctor and WWII veteran--Delaney Coleman returns home as she struggles to pick up the pieces of her own life. When a mysterious Italian woman claims she owns one of the family's precious heirlooms, Delaney is compelled to uncover what's true of her grandfather's hidden past. Together with the woman's skeptical but charming grandson, Delaney learns of a Roman hospital that saved hundreds of Jewish people during the war. Based on true accounts of the invented Syndrome K sickness, The Italian Ballerina journeys from the Allied storming of the beaches at Salerno to the London ballet stage and the war-torn streets of WWII Rome, exploring the choices we must make to find faith and forgiveness, and how saving just one life can impact countless others"-- Provided by publisher.
Awards Note Christy Award nominee, 2023, Historical romance
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Italy Rome
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type books.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Jews Rescue Italy Rome
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction. lcgft