03727cam a2200565 4500 596066338 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781728243153 1728243157 B094WYYK1R Amazon dadb28ef-2ac7-44f8-8b57-5f7529bbff68 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6269887 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Webb, Heather. The Next Ship Home [Libby] : A Novel of Ellis Island. Sourcebooks, 2022. resilience . Historical. Hope. exclusion. Fiction. prejudice. american history. abuse. Immigration. Female friendship. women. Social Issues. corruption. Literary. Ellis Island. 1902. inspired by true events. 20th_century_setting. based on true story. political issues. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2379kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><strong>"An unflinching look at the immigrant experience, an unlikely and unique friendship, and a resonant story of female empowerment."—Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman with the Blue Star</strong></p> <p>Ellis Island, 1902: Two women band together to hold America to its promise: "Give me your tired, your poor ... your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."</p> <p>A young Italian woman arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life. That same day, a young American woman reports to her first day of work at the immigration center. But Ellis Island isn't a refuge for Francesca or Alma, not when ships depart every day with those who are refused entry to the country and when corruption ripples through every corridor. While Francesca resorts to desperate measures to ensure she will make it off the island, Alma fights for her dreams of becoming a translator, even as women are denied the chance.</p> <p>As the two women face the misdeeds of a system known to manipulate and abuse immigrants searching for new hope in America, they form an unlikely friendship—and share a terrible secret—altering their fates and the lives of the immigrants who come after them.</p> <p>This is a novel of the dark secrets of Ellis Island, when entry to "the land of the free" promised a better life but often delivered something drastically different, and when immigrant strength and female friendship found ways to triumph even on the darkest days.</p> <p><strong>Inspired by true events and for fans of Kristina McMorris and Hazel Gaynor, The Next Ship Home holds up a mirror to our own times, deftly questioning America's history of prejudice and exclusion while also reminding us of our citizens' singular determination.</strong></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dadb28ef-2ac7-44f8-8b57-5f7529bbff68&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dadb28ef-2ac7-44f8-8b57-5f7529bbff68&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=dadb28ef-2ac7-44f8-8b57-5f7529bbff68&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)