{"product_id":"pelican-girls-julia-sixtine-marie-malye-9780063299757","title":"Pelican Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer's \u003cem\u003eThe Son\u003c\/em\u003e and Min Jin Lee's \u003cem\u003ePachinko\u003c\/em\u003e and inspired by a true story, this stunning US literary debut captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis, 1720. La Salp黎ri鑽e hospital is in crisis: too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France's colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up nearly a hundred female \"volunteers\" of childbearing age--orphans, prisoners, and mental patients--to be shipped to New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong this group are three unlikely friends: a sharp-tongued twelve-year old orphan, a mute 'madwoman, ' and an accused abortionist. Charlotte, P騁ronille, and Genevi钁e, along with the dozens of other women aboard \u003cem\u003eLa Baleine\u003c\/em\u003e, have no knowledge of what lies ahead and no control over their futures. Strangers brought together by fate, these brave and fierce young women will face extraordinary adversity--pirates, slavedrivers, sickness, war--but also the private trauma of heartbreak and unrequited love, children born and lost, cruelty and unexpected pleasure, and a friendship forged in fire that will sustain through the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a gorgeously written work of startling depth and emotion and a gripping drama marrying high-seas adventure with pioneer grit, \u003cem\u003ePelican Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about female friendship and desire and the daunting compromises women are forced to make to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Malye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063299755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063299757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024 pg. 30","brand":"Julia Malye","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44213033468159,"sku":"9780063299757","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_68ed5dc3-9d63-460f-8a49-0ad030c0c21b.jpg?v=1692111678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pelican-girls-julia-sixtine-marie-malye-9780063299757","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}