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Author:

Cambron, Kristy, author.

Title:

The Italian ballerina [Large type] / Kristy Cambron.

Format:

[Large type] /

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, a Cengage Company,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

551 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ballerinas--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Rome--Rome--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.--Rescue--Rome--Rome--Fiction.
Large type books.

Notes:

Includes discussion questions (pages 545-548).

Summary:

"A prima ballerina. Two American medics. And a young Jewish girl with no name... At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy's Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness that is sweeping through the quarantine wards--a fake disease known only as Syndrome K--she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history. Alongside hospital staff, friars of the adjoining church, and two Allied medics, Julia risks everything to rescue Jewish Italians from the deadly clutches of the Holocaust. But when one little girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina arrives at their door, Julia and the others are determined to reunite the young dancer with her family--if only she would reveal one crucial secret: her name. Present Day. With the recent loss of her grandfather--a beloved small-town doctor and WWII veteran--Delaney Coleman returns home as she struggles to pick up the pieces of her own life. When a mysterious Italian woman claims she owns one of the family's precious heirlooms, Delaney is compelled to uncover what's true of her grandfather's hidden past. Together with the woman's skeptical but charming grandson, Delaney learns of a Roman hospital that saved hundreds of Jewish people during the war. Based on true accounts of the invented Syndrome K sickness, The Italian Ballerina journeys from the Allied storming of the beaches at Salerno to the London ballet stage and the war-torn streets of WWII Rome, exploring the choices we must make to find faith and forgiveness, and how saving just one life can impact countless others"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print Christian fiction

ISBN:

9798885780971

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1319692427

LCCN:

2022024344

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

FLPB224 -- Garnavillo Public Library (Garnavillo)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)