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04523aam a2200865 i 4500 001 8A5F05DA976611EB8543981820ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240315010227 008 200414s2021 cau 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020017594 020 $a 1640094008 020 $a 9781640094000 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d IMmBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-ni 050 00 $a PS3623.A366146 $b E44 2021 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Walsh, S. Kirk $e author. 245 14 $a The elephant of Belfast $c S. Kirk Walsh. 250 $a First hardcover edition. 264 1 $a Berkeley, California : $b Counterpoint, $c 2021. 300 $a 324 pages ; $c 24 cm 520 $a The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted-and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving at the Belfast docks from Ceylon. Soon, she becomes Violet's dedicated zookeeper at the Bellevue Zoo. At the same time, Hettie continues to experience the grief related to the recent loss of her beloved older sister, Anna, and the abandonment of her father, Thomas, who left her mother, Rose. On April 15th , 1941, Belfast is attacked for five hours, with 674 bombs falling, and almost a thousand civilians being killed. During the bombings and its aftermath, Hettie does all that she can to save her elephant, and survive the destruction and escalating sectarian unrest of the city. Even though Hettie is still only twenty years old by the novel's end, she's aged at least a decade, her life and perspective transforming in tragic and unexpected ways. Taken altogether, The Elephant of Belfast reflects a complicated portrait of loss, grief, love, and resilience, and how the zoo and the city of Belfast suffered during these catastrophic attacks. At the narrative's heart is a changing relationship between a young woman and an elephant: At first, it seems that Hettie saves Violet, but in the end, Violet saves her. $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Belfast (Northern Ireland) $x History $y Bombardment, 1941 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 650 $a Zoo keepers $x Fiction. 650 $a Elephants $x Fiction. 650 $a Human-animal relationships $x Fiction. 650 $a FICTION / Historical / World War II. 650 $a FICTION / Animals. 650 $a FICTION / Women. 941 $a 42 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240514011018.0 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430021155.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119015810.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021828.0 952 $l YUPD232 $d 20230527010802.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331014232.0 952 $l WKPE185 $d 20230310012651.0 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210023830.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909064130.0 952 $l ENPC715 $d 20220820011822.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20220806013337.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728020455.0 952 $l RFPC397 $d 20220504075248.0 952 $l EMPB715 $d 20220209105756.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20211211010222.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20211030010643.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020010940.0 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20211016010930.0 952 $l VEPB334 $d 20210929010846.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20210902012943.0 952 $l BKPC251 $d 20210827152907.0 952 $l FTPA274 $d 20210821010318.0 952 $l YLPC314 $d 20210803013726.0 952 $l OOAX232 $d 20210803010208.0 952 $l FPPC224 $d 20210727010541.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064258.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20210713014059.0 952 $l WUPB305 $d 20210702015329.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20210629010211.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20210626010822.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20210626010335.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20210601010649.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210508010140.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210504015658.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20210504013618.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20210504011053.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210504010726.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210504010318.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20210430010552.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210423010128.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210409010108.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20210407010343.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A5F05DA976611EB8543981820ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search