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100 1  McKinney-Whetstone, Diane. 
245 10 Lazaretto :|ba novel /|cDiane McKinney-Whetstone. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarper, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    338 pages :|billustration ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    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. 
648  7 1800 - 1899|2fast 
650  0 Quarantine|zPennsylvania|zPhiladelphia|vFiction. 
650  0 African Americans|xSocial life and customs|y19th century
       |vFiction. 
650  7 African Americans|xSocial life and customs.|2fast
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650  7 Quarantine.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01085153 
651  7 Pennsylvania|zPhiladelphia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204170 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
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