Hummingbird house
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Kate Banner is a North American midwife helping flood victims in Nicaragua in the 1980s. When she loses another patient—a young woman who gave birth only the night before in the bottom of a swamped wooden boat—Kate knows it is time to go home. But her journey home leads her first into the seething secret wars of Guatemala, where she discovers her greatest challenges, and her greatest chances to love. A finalist for the National Book Award and The New Yorker Best Book Awards when it was originally published in 1999, Patricia Henley's Hummingbird House is the devastatingly powerful and emotionally unforgettable story of a human heart unbinding itself in the most unjust of worlds. This beautiful novel of women in war delivers an ending marked by its passion, strength, substance, and beauty. This special 20th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Steve Yarbrough, an interview with the author, and a book club reader's guide.
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Grouping Title | hummingbird house |
Grouping Author | patricia henley |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-19 06:25:41AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-22 22:16:56PM |
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Henley, Patricia
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Henley, Patricia
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Kate Banner is a North American midwife helping flood victims in Nicaragua in the 1980s. When she loses another patient—a young woman who gave birth only the night before in the bottom of a swamped wooden boat—Kate knows it is time to go home. But her journey home leads her first into the seething secret wars of Guatemala, where she discovers her greatest challenges, and her greatest chances to love. A finalist for the National Book Award and The New Yorker Best Book Awards when it was originally published in 1999, Patricia Henley's Hummingbird House is the devastatingly powerful and emotionally unforgettable story of a human heart unbinding itself in the most unjust of worlds. This beautiful novel of women in war delivers an ending marked by its passion, strength, substance, and beauty. This special 20th anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Steve Yarbrough, an interview with the author, and a book club reader's guide.
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1999
2019
2019
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Haywire Books
MacMurray & Beck
MacMurray & Beck
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Electronic books
Fiction
Literature
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Fiction
Mayas -- Nicaragua -- Fiction
Midwives -- Developing countries -- Fiction
Nurses -- Developing countries -- Fiction
Priests -- Developing countries -- Fiction
Fiction
Literature
Mayas -- Guatemala -- Fiction
Mayas -- Nicaragua -- Fiction
Midwives -- Developing countries -- Fiction
Nurses -- Developing countries -- Fiction
Priests -- Developing countries -- Fiction
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Hummingbird house
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Hummingbird house / Patricia Henley
Hummingbird house [electronic resource]. Patricia Henley
Hummingbird house [electronic resource]. Patricia Henley
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Hummingbird house
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Fiction
Literature
Mayas
Midwives
Nurses
Priests
Literature
Mayas
Midwives
Nurses
Priests
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