The Resource Until we reach home, Lynn Austin
Until we reach home, Lynn Austin
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The item Until we reach home, Lynn Austin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Until we reach home, Lynn Austin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Life in Sweden seems like an endless winter for three sisters after their mother's and father's suicides. Ellin writes to her relatives in Chicago, pleading for help. Joining 16 million other immigrants who leave their homelands for America between 1890 and 1920, Ellin, Kirsten, and Sophia begin the long, difficult journey fraught with hardships
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Until we reach home
- Title
- Until we reach home
- Statement of responsibility
- Lynn Austin
- Subject
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- trueHistorical fiction
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 1875-
- trueChristian fiction
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- Swedes -- United States -- Fiction
- trueChristian historical fiction
- trueDetermination (Personal quality)
- trueSisters
- trueParents -- Death
- trueHope
- trueOrphans
- trueHome (Concept)
- Sisters -- Fiction
- trueSwedes in the United States
- trueFamilies
- trueVoyages and travels
- trueImmigrants
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Life in Sweden seems like an endless winter for three sisters after their mother's and father's suicides. Ellin writes to her relatives in Chicago, pleading for help. Joining 16 million other immigrants who leave their homelands for America between 1890 and 1920, Ellin, Kirsten, and Sophia begin the long, difficult journey fraught with hardships
- Summary
- Leaving their homelands for America, Elin, Kirsten, and Sofia begin a difficult journey where they endure the ocean voyage in steerage and detention on Ellis Island--a journey where each woman will come to understand her secret longings and the meaning of home
- Award
- Christy Award for Historical Category, 2009.
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- 277993
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Austin, Lynn N
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sisters
- Swedes
- Christian fiction
- Historical fiction
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Until we reach home, Lynn Austin
- Control code
- ocn216937312
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 428 p.
- Isbn
- 9780764204951
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2008028094
- System control number
- (OCoLC)216937312
- Label
- Until we reach home, Lynn Austin
- Control code
- ocn216937312
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 428 p.
- Isbn
- 9780764204951
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2008028094
- System control number
- (OCoLC)216937312
Subject
- trueChicago, Illinois -- History -- 1875-
- trueChristian fiction
- trueChristian historical fiction
- trueDetermination (Personal quality)
- trueFaith (Christianity)
- trueFamilies
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHome (Concept)
- trueHope
- trueImmigrants
- trueOrphans
- trueParents -- Death
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Swedes -- United States -- Fiction
- trueSwedes in the United States
- trueVoyages and travels
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