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Ursula Hegi: The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls Ursula Hegi: The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls

„A ​joy to read.” ―New York Times Book Review

From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans.

In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island’s people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children.

Three mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, whose children are lost; Sabine, a Zirkus seamstress with her grown daughter; and Tilli, just a girl herself, who will give birth later that day at St. Margaret’s Home for Pregnant Girls. After the tragedy, Lotte’s husband escapes with the Zirkus, while she loses the will to care for their surviving son. Tilli steps in, bonding with him in a way she isn’t allowed to with her own baby, taken away at birth. Sabine, struggling to keep her childlike daughter safe in the world,… (tovább)

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Flatiron Books, New York, 2021
288 oldal · ISBN: 9781250156839
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Flatiron Books, New York, 2020
288 oldal · keménytáblás · ISBN: 9781250156822
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Flatiron Books, New York, 2020
270 oldal · ASIN: B07RXDRZYN

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