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The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls a Novel by Ursula Hegi, Angela Dawe is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>"A joy to read." —<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><br><b>From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of <i>Water for Elephants</i> and <i>The Light Between Oceans</i>.</b><br><br>In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus arrives on Nordstrand in Germany, to the delight of the island’s people. But after the show, a Hundred-Year Wave roars from the Nordsee and claims three young children. <br><br>Three mothers are on the beach when it happens: Lotte, whose children are lost; Sabine, a Zirkus seamstress with her grown daughter; and Tilli, just a girl herself, who will give birth later that day at St. Margaret’s Home for Pregnant Girls. After the tragedy, Lotte’s husband escapes with the Zirkus, while she loses the will to care for their surviving son. Tilli steps in, bonding with him in a way she isn’t allowed to with her own baby, taken away at birth. Sabine, struggling to keep her childlike daughter safe in the world, forms a complicated friendship with Lotte. But the mothers' fragile trio is threatened when Lotte and her husband hatch a dangerous plan to reunite their family, and Till
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ursula Hegi, Angela Dawe
- Publisher
- Flatiron Books
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781250156815
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (133 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14