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PeriodicalLarge Print Book
Author Verna, Harmony, author.

Title Beneath the apple leaves / Harmony Verna.

Publication Info. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  LARGE PRINT ROMANCE VERNA, HARMONY    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Large Print Materials  LARGE PRINT FIC VERNA    DUE 04-03-24
Edition Center Point Large Print edition.
Description 528 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Note Regular print version previously published by: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Summary "An historical novel set in 1914 that follows a family of German immigrants who trade city living for the harsh realities of Pennsylvania farm life. Among other challenges, anti-German sentiment spreads across America with the outbreak of World War I"-- Provided by publisher.
1914. Andrew Houghton longs to be a veterinarian, but is fated for a life in the mines, picking rock alongside his father. Then his aunt, Eveline Kiser, arranges for her husband to secure Andrew an apprenticeship on the railroad. Wilhelm Kiser, a German immigrant, has a well-paying job as a brakeman, and a secure pension. But on Andrew's first week an accident leaves him severely injured. Wracked with guilt, Wilhelm agrees to his wife's pleas to leave Pittsburgh and swap their row house for a rough-and-tumble farm. Life on the Pennsylvania farm is slow to yield and their farmhouse is in disrepair. Neighbor Lily Morton is tough on the outside, but bears her own secret scars inside. Andrew's bond with her grows, even as anti-German sentiment spreads across America with the outbreak of World War I. -- adapted from back cover
Subject Immigrant families -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
German Americans -- Fiction.
Farm life -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
Large type books.
FICTION / Coming of Age.
FICTION / Historical.
FICTION / Sagas.
Farm life. (OCoLC)fst00921052
German Americans. (OCoLC)fst00941308
Immigrant families. (OCoLC)fst01746411
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Pennsylvania. (OCoLC)fst01204598
German Americans -- Fiction.
Farm life -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
ISBN 9781683248576 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1683248570
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