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The elephant of Belfast

The elephant of Belfast

Walsh, S. Kirk, author.
Large Print 2021

"In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving at the Belfast docks from Ceylon. Soon, she becomes Violet's dedicated zookeeper at the Bellevue Zoo. At the same time, Hettie continues to experience the grief related to the recent loss of her beloved older sister, Anna, and the abandonment of her father, Thomas, who left her mother, Rose. On April 15th, 1941, Belfast is attacked for five hours, with 674 bombs falli...

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Belfast (Northern Ireland) History Bombardment, 1941 Fiction
Elephants Fiction
Human-animal relationships Fiction
Orphaned animals Fiction
Young women Northern Ireland Fiction
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ISBN:
9781432889777
143288977X
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
527 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
large print
Control Number:
3094463
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