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Summer of '69 / Elin Hilderbrand.
"Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country."-- Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316492812 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 425 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Nineteen sixty-nine, A.D. > Fiction. Social change > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Nantucket (Mass.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. |
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- 54 of 55 copies available at Sitka.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC HIL (Text) | 35136000560509 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Allard Branch | FIC HIL (Text) | 37842000765893 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Altona Library | F Hil (Text) | 35864002464335 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Benito Library | F HILDERBRAND (Text) | 32446000368024 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliotheque St. Claude Library | FIC HIL (Text) | 36725000162859 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliothèque Somerset Library | FIC HIL (Text) | 36710000089476 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bibliothèque Ste-Anne Library | FIC HIL (Text) | 31511010024680 | English Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Reshelving | - |
| Binscarth Library | AF HIL (Text) | 32447000079918 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Birtle | F HIL (Text) | 35419002882851 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Bren Del Win Centennial Library | F Hilderbrand (Text) | 36320000363267 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. Every year the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother’s historic home in downtown Nantucket. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard. Only-son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out-of-touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. As the summer heats up, Ted Kennedy sinks a car in Chappaquiddick, man flies to the moon, and Jessie and her family experience their own dramatic upheavals along with the rest of the country."--
