Miss Morgan's book brigade

1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild destroyed French communities just miles from the front. U...

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Main Author: Skeslien Charles, Janet (Author)
Other Authors: Ireland, Marin (Narrator), Gadon, Sarah, 1987- (Narrator), Sanders, Jackie (Narrator), Campbell, Cassandra (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2024]
Edition: Unabridged.
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Summary: 1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild destroyed French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen--children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears. 1987: When NYPL librarian and aspiring writer Wendy Peterson stumbles across a passing reference to Jessie Carson in the archives, she becomes consumed with learning her fate. In her obsessive research, she discovers that she and the elusive librarian have more in common than their work at New York's famed library, but she has no idea their paths will converge in surprising ways across time.
Physical Description: 8 audio discs (9 hr., 14 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 09:14:00
ISBN: 9781797168630
1797168630
Author Notes: Janet Skeslien Charles is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Paris Library . Her work has been translated into thirty-seven languages. She has spent a decade researching Jessie Carson ( Miss Morgan's Book Brigade ) at The Morgan Library, the NYPL, and archives across France. Her shorter work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, The Sydney Morning Herald, LitHub , and the anthology Montana Noir . To connect, visit her website JSkeslienCharles.com, @JSkeslienCharles on Instagram, or @SkeslienCharles on Twitter.