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LocationOakland
Call NoF HUN
TitleOne good thing / Georgia Hunter.
AuthorHunter, Georgia, 1978- author.
Barcode47660111114662
CollectionFiction
Summary"From the New York Times-bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones, an unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, that follows one young woman's journey through war-torn Italy 1941, Emilia Romagna. Lili and Esti have been best friends since meeting at the University of Ferrara; when Esti's son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters. There is a war being fought across borders, and in Italy, Mussolini's Racial Laws have deemed Lili and Esti descendants of an 'inferior' Jewish race, but life somehow goes on-until Germany invades northern Italy, and the friends find themselves in occupied territory. Esti, older and fiercely self-assured, convinces Lili to flee first to a villa in the countryside to help hide a group of young war orphans, then to a convent in Florence, where they pose as nuns and forge false identification papers for the Underground. When disaster strikes at the convent, a critically wounded Esti asks Lili to take a much bigger step: To go on the run with Theo. Protect him while Esti can't. Terrified to travel on her own, Lili sets out on an epic journey south toward Allied territory, through Nazi-occupied villages and bombed-out cities, doing everything she can to keep Theo safe. A remarkable tale of friendship, motherhood, and survival, One Good Thing is a tender reminder that love for another person, even amidst darkness and uncertainty, can be reason to keep going"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781984880949 (ebook)
International Standard Book Number 9798217059300 (international edition)
International Standard Book Number 9781984880932 (hardcover)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6 23/ENG/20240726
Personal Name Hunter, Georgia, 1978- author.
Title Statement One good thing / Georgia Hunter.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2025.
Physical Description 417 p. Hardcover 24 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "From the New York Times-bestselling author of We Were the Lucky Ones, an unforgettable story of hardship and hope, courage and resilience, that follows one young woman's journey through war-torn Italy 1941, Emilia Romagna. Lili and Esti have been best friends since meeting at the University of Ferrara; when Esti's son Theo is born, they become as close as sisters. There is a war being fought across borders, and in Italy, Mussolini's Racial Laws have deemed Lili and Esti descendants of an 'inferior' Jewish race, but life somehow goes on-until Germany invades northern Italy, and the friends find themselves in occupied territory. Esti, older and fiercely self-assured, convinces Lili to flee first to a villa in the countryside to help hide a group of young war orphans, then to a convent in Florence, where they pose as nuns and forge false identification papers for the Underground. When disaster strikes at the convent, a critically wounded Esti asks Lili to take a much bigger step: To go on the run with Theo. Protect him while Esti can't. Terrified to travel on her own, Lili sets out on an epic journey south toward Allied territory, through Nazi-occupied villages and bombed-out cities, doing everything she can to keep Theo safe. A remarkable tale of friendship, motherhood, and survival, One Good Thing is a tender reminder that love for another person, even amidst darkness and uncertainty, can be reason to keep going"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term World War, 1939-1945 Italy Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Italy Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Jewish families Italy Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical fiction Fiction
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft
Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Hunter, Georgia, 1978- One good thing New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2025 9781984880949 (DLC) 2024034308