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03112aam a2200517 i 4500 001 88592E8C30FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230802011922 008 230227t20232023meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023009069 020 $a 9798885790796 (large print : hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1371285813 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d IH9 $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-fr--- $a e-fr--- 050 10 $a PQ6705.S618 $b M3813 2023b 082 00 $a 863/.7 $2 23/eng/20230227 100 1 $a Escobar, Mario, $d 1971- $e author. 240 10 $a Maternidad de Elna. $l English 245 14 $a The Swiss nurse / $c Mario Escobar ; [translated by Gretchen Abernathy]. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 263 $a 2307 300 $a 477 pages (large print) ; $c 25 cm. 500 $a Includes discussion questions. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-462). 520 $a "Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she's determined to provide expectant mothers and their unborn children a refuge amid one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Desperate to escape the invasion of Franco's Fascist troops, Isabel DuenÌas becomes one of many Spanish patriots fleeing their country. She leaves behind her husband as he fights for democracy, and she seeks asylum in a refugee camp across the border in France. Without adequate shelter, clean drinking water, or medical care, Isabel's future looks bleak--until she meets Elisabeth. When Germany invades Poland, an avalanche of humanity sweeps into France. In the cascade of crises that follow, Isabel and Elisabeth learn the cost and the unexpected joy of sacrifice. Based on the true stories of refugees and the woman who risked everything to save them, The Swiss Nurse shares a message of love and strength amid one of history's often overlooked conflicts"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Eidenbenz, Elisabeth, $d 1913-2011 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust $v Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Rescue $x Rescue $z France $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Spain $x History $y Civil War, 1936-1939 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Large print books. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Abernathy, Gretchen, $e translator. 941 $a 6 945 $a lpt 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20240221113517.0 952 $l HNPC845 $d 20240210010412.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20231128011103.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20231103010913.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20231011010230.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230802012248.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=88592E8C30FC11EEBC3B3D423BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search