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019    1295378278|a1295405305 
020    9781638082996|q(hardback : alk. paper) :|c$39.95 
020    1638082995|q(hardback : alk. paper) :|c$39.95 
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100 1  Hlad, Alan,|eauthor. 
245 12 A Light Beyond the Trenches :|ba novel of WWI /|cAlan 
       Hlad. 
250    Center Point Large Print edition. 
264  1 Thorndike, Maine :|bCenter Point Large Print,|c2022. 
300    533 pages (large print) ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |nlarge print|2rdafs 
500    Regular print version previously published by Kensington 
       Publishing Corp. 
500    Includes author's note with background information. 
520    "By April 1916, the fervor that accompanied war's outbreak
       has faded. In its place is a grim reality. Throughout 
       Germany, essentials are rationed. Hope, too, is in short 
       supply. Anna Zeller, whose fiancé, Bruno, is fighting on 
       the western front, works as a nurse at an overcrowded 
       hospital in Oldenburg, trying to comfort men broken in 
       body and spirit. But during a visit from Dr. Stalling, the
       director of the Red Cross Ambulance Dogs Association, she 
       witnesses a rare spark of optimism: as a German shepherd 
       guides a battle-blinded soldier over a garden path, Dr. 
       Stalling is inspired with an idea to train dogs as 
       companions for sightless veterans. Anna convinces Dr. 
       Stalling to let her work at his new guide dog training 
       school. Some of the dogs that arrive are themselves 
       veterans of war, including Nia, a German shepherd with 
       trench-damaged paws. Anna brings the ailing Nia home and 
       secretly tends and trains her, convinced she may yet be 
       the perfect guide for the right soldier. In Max Benesch, a
       Jewish soldier blinded by chlorine gas at the front, Nia 
       finds her person. War has taken Max's sight, his fiancée, 
       and his hopes of being a composer. Still, through Anna's 
       prompting, he rediscovers his passion for music. But as 
       Anna discovers more about the conflict's escalating 
       brutality and Bruno's role in it, she realizes how 
       impossible it will be for any of them to escape the war 
       unscathed..."--|cProvided by publisher. 
647  7 World War|d(1914-1918)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01180746 
650  0 Nurses|zGermany|vFiction. 
650  0 Guide dogs|vFiction. 
650  0 Disabled veterans|vFiction. 
650  0 World War, 1914-1918|zGermany|vFiction. 
650  0 Large type books. 
650  7 Disabled veterans.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00894659 
650  7 Guide dogs.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00948978 
650  7 Large type books.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00992678 
650  7 Nurses.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01041618 
651  7 Germany.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210272 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726640 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
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