A light beyond the trenches / 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
- 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: | Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. Includes author's note with background information and discussion questions. |
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Subject: | Nurses > Germany > Fiction. Patients > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Guide dogs > Fiction. Disabled veterans > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Germany > Fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. Historical fiction. |
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Webb City Public Library | LP Fic Hlad, alan (Text) | 38262300008037 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |