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Author McKinney-Whetstone, Diane.

Title Lazaretto : a novel / Diane McKinney-Whetstone.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
©2016

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE, D.    Storage
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Overflow Collection  F MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FICTION MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  F MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE, D    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  FIC MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Adult Fiction  F MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE DIANE    In Mending
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC MCKINNEY-WHETSTONE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 338 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Summary Diane McKinney-Whetstone's nationally bestselling novel, Tumbling, immersed us into Philadelphia's black community during the Civil Rights era, and she returns to the city in this new historical novel about a cast of nineteenth-century characters whose colorful lives intersect at the legendary Lazaretto--America's first quarantine hospital. Isolated on an island where two rivers meet, the Lazaretto quarantine hospital is the first stop for immigrants who wish to begin new lives in Philadelphia. The Lazaretto's black live-in staff forge a strong social community, and when one of them receives permission to get married on the island the mood is one of celebration, particularly since the white staff--save the opium-addicted doctor--are given leave for the weekend. On the eve of the ceremony, a gunshot rings out across the river. A white man has fired at a boat carrying the couple's friends and family to the island, and the captain is injured. His life lies in the hands of Sylvia, the Lazaretto's head nurse, who is shocked to realize she knows the patient. Intertwined with the drama unfolding at the Lazaretto are the fates of orphan brothers. When one brother commits a crime to protect the other, he imperils both of their lives--and the consequences ultimately deliver both of them to the Lazaretto. In this masterful work of historical fiction, Diane McKinney-Whetstone seamlessly transports us to Philadelphia in the aftermath of the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination, beautifully evoking powerful stories of love, friendship and humanity amid the vibrant black community that flourished amid the troubled times.
Subject Quarantine -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Social life and customs. (OCoLC)fst00799703
Quarantine. (OCoLC)fst01085153
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. (OCoLC)fst01204170
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
ISBN 9780062126962
0062126962
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