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02856aam a22004338i 4500 001 664FEB6E574F11EDB72F62B134ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221029010050 008 211118t20222022onc 000 f eng 020 $a 0771072538 020 $a 9780771072536 035 $a (OCoLC)1285566509 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d TOH $d JCX $d UAB $d OCLCF $d CNCAR $d BUP $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en $a e-uk-en 100 1 $a Palka, Kurt, $d 1941- $e author. 245 14 $a The orphan girl / $c Kurt Palka. 264 1 $a [Toronto] : $b McClelland & Stewart, $c [2022] 300 $a 321 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "...courage found and a promise kept..."--Cover. 520 $a "London, 1944/45 Kate Henderson is an energetic and spirited young woman. As a trained paramedic and ambulance driver she does her work courageously and with determination, even though underneath she is still wrestling with grief after witnessing the shooting death of her diplomat father seven years earlier. Her father's murder was never properly investigated and it remains unsolved. Kate's life is drastically interrupted once more when she wakes up one night to the sound of the air raid alarm and the terror whistles of a bomb's stabilizers screaming toward the roof of her house. In the explosion, her mother and her aunt die; Kate survives, but she is injured. Her house is gone as well, and after her time in the hospital, Claire Giroux, a kind doctor and family friend, invites Kate to live with her as she recuperates. This arrangement works well for them until a few months later when Claire's husband comes home from the war. Within days the lives of both women are drastically changed, and events are set in motion, both in England and in Canada, that challenge Kate and Claire to their limits. The Orphan Girl is a moving and powerful story about friendship and courage, and about promises made and kept."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Abusive men $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Ambulance drivers $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Bombings $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Friendship $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Orphans $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Allied health personnel $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $x Fiction. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Fiction. 651 0 $a Canada $x Fiction. $y 1914-1945 $x Fiction. 651 0 $a London (England) $x Fiction. $y 1800-1950 $x Fiction. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Palka, Kurt, 1941- $t Orphan girl. $d Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2022 $z 9780771072543 $z 9780771072543 $w (OCoLC)1287928101 941 $a 3 952 $l JNPC081 $d 20231227013601.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20230214011529.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20221029023039.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=664FEB6E574F11EDB72F62B134ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search