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001 2013050620
003 DLC
005 20141007081729.0
008 140117s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
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020 $a9780307719393 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3613.A7663$bL54 2014
082 00 $a813/.6$223
084 $aFIC014000$aFIC045000$aFIC049040$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMarlow, L. Y.$q(Lydia Y.)
245 12 $aA life apart :$ba novel /$cL. Y. Marlow.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBroadway Books,$c2014.
300 $a443 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"From the author of Color Me Butterfly, the poignant story of a decades-long love affair that creates complicated and unbreakable ties between two families that live worlds apart. When Morris Sullivan joins the navy in 1940, his hopes are high. Though he leaves behind his new wife and their baby daughter, he is thrilled to be pursuing his lifelong dream--only to be shipped off to Pearl Harbor when the war begins. When he narrowly survives the 1941 attack, thanks to the courage of a black sailor he doesn't know, Morris is determined to seek out the man's family and express his gratitude and respect. On leave, he tracks down the man's sister in his very own hometown of Boston--and finds an immediate, undeniable connection with the nurturing yet fiercely independent Beatrice, who has left the stifling South of her upbringing for the more liberal, integrated north. Though both try to deny their growing bond, their connection and understanding is everything missing from Morris's hasty marriage to his high school sweetheart Agnes, and from Beatrice's plodding life as she grieves the brother she has lost. At once a family epic, and a historical drama that takes readers from World War II through the Civil Rights era to the present day, A Life Apart brings readers along for the emotional journey as Morris and Beatrice's relationship is tested by time, family loyalties, racial tensions, death, unending guilt, and the profound effects of war"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aFamilies of military personnel$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.$xHistory$vFiction.
650 0 $aAfrican American soldiers$xHistory$vFiction.
651 0 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$xMilitary life.
650 7 $aFICTION / Historical.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Family Life.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / African American / Historical.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
856 42 $3Cover image$u9780307719393.jpg