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A Star for Mrs. Blake
by April Smith
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Overview
An emotionally charged historical novel based on the Gold Star Mothers.
Cora Blake never dreamed she'd go to Paris. She's hardly ever left the small fishing village where she grew up. Yet in the summer of 1931, she is invited to travel to France with hundreds of other Gold Star Mothers, courtesy of the U.S. government, to say goodbye to their fallen sons, American casualties of World War I who were buried overseas. Chaperoned by a dashing West Point officer, Cora's group includes the wife of an immigrant chicken farmer; a housemaid; a socialite; a former tennis star in precarious mental health; and dozens of other women from all over the country. Along the way, the women will forge lifelong friendships as they face a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed.This item is Non-Returnable
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307948809
- ISBN-10: 0307948803
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: September 2014
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
- Page Count: 352
