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008    190807t20192019nyu           000 1 eng   
010      2018058809 
020    9780062471758|q(trade paperback) 
020    0062471759|q(trade paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1111686079 
037    |bHarpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, 
       Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132|nSAN 200-2086 
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050 00 PS3607.W56|bA65 2019 
082 00 813/.6|223 
084    FIC014000|aFIC019000|aFIC044000|2bisacsh 
100 1  Gwin, Minrose,|eauthor. 
245 14 The accidentals :|ba novel /|cMinrose Gwin. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of 
       HarperCollinsPublishers,|c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    381, 8 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..."--Cover. 
520    "In the fall of 1957, Olivia McAlister is living in 
       Opelika, Mississippi, caring for her two girls, June and 
       Grace, and her husband, Holly. She dreams of living a much
       larger life--seeing the world and returning to her wartime
       job at a landing boat factory in New Orleans. As she 
       watches over the birds in her yard, Olivia feels like an 
       "accidental"--a migratory bird blown off course.  When 
       Olivia becomes pregnant again, she makes a fateful 
       decision, compelling Grace, June, and Holly to cope in 
       different ways. While their father digs up the backyard to
       build a bomb shelter, desperate to protect his family, 
       Olivia's spinster sister tries to take them all under her 
       wing. But the impact of Olivia's decision reverberates 
       throughout Grace's and June's lives. Grace, caught up in 
       an unconventional love affair, becomes one of the "girls 
       who went away" to have a baby in secret. June, guilt-
       ridden for her part in exposing Grace's pregnancy, 
       eventually makes an unhappy marriage. Meanwhile Ed Mae 
       Johnson, an African-American care worker in a New Orleans 
       orphanage, is drastically impacted by Grace's choices.  As
       the years go by, their lives intersect in ways that 
       reflect the unpredictable nature of bird flight that lands
       in accidental locations--and the consolations of imperfect
       return."--|cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Sisters|vFiction. 
650  0 Teenage pregnancy|vFiction. 
650  0 Abortion|xComplications|vFiction. 
650  0 Sex role|zMississippi|y20th century|vFiction. 
650  0 Nineteen fifties|vFiction. 
650  0 Nineteen sixties|vFiction. 
650  7 FICTION / Historical.|2bisacsh 
650  7 FICTION / Literary.|2bisacsh 
650  7 FICTION / Contemporary Women.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Mississippi|vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft 
994    C0|bWHP