A light beyond the trenches [large print] / Alan Hlad.
"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..."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781638082996
- ISBN: 1638082995
- Physical Description: 533 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
- Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2022.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "A novel of WWI"--Cover.Includes discussion questions and author's note with background information.Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp.
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- Nurses > Germany > Fiction.
Guide dogs > Fiction.
Disabled veterans > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Germany > Fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Fiction.
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Pianists > Fiction.
Germany > History > William II, 1888-1918 > Fiction. - Genre:
- Large print books.
War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
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- 23 of 24 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | LP FIC HLAD (Text) | 36015000425203 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | LP FIC HLAD (Text) | 36015000425146 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | LP FIC HLAD (Text) | 36015000425088 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Bailey Public Library | LTE FIC Hlad (Text) | 37807000040432 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | LP HLA (Text) | 0020513397867 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | LP FIC HLAD, ALAN (Text) | 0112523449988 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Cooleemee | L F HLAD (Text) | 39872002053699 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Dunn Public Library | LgPrt F Hla (Text) | 33436001779955 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | LP F HLA (Text) | 23900000030971 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | LP Hla (Text) | 30308101296821 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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