03034cam a2200517 i 4500 944320997 TxAuBib 20230822120000.0 230726|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023009069 9798885790796 hardcover (OCoLC)1371285813 TxAuBib rda eng spa Escobar, Mario, 1971-, author. Maternidad de Elna English. The Swiss nurse : a novel / Mario Escobar ; [translated by Gretchen Abernathy.]. Large print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023. ©0. 477 pages (large print) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print clean reads Includes discussion questions. Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-462). "Based on the true story of an astonishingly brave woman who saved hundreds of mothers and their children during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Elisabeth Eidenbenz left Switzerland in 1937 to aid children orphaned during the Spanish Civil War. Now, her work has led her to France, where she's determined to provide expectant mothers and their unborn children a refuge amid one of the worst humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Desperate to escape the invasion of Franco's Fascist troops, Isabel Dues becomes one of many Spanish patriots fleeing their country. She leaves behind her husband as he fights for democracy, and she seeks asylum in a refugee camp across the border in France. Without adequate shelter, clean drinking water, or medical care, Isabel's future looks bleak--until she meets Elisabeth. When Germany invades Poland, an avalanche of humanity sweeps into France. In the cascade of crises that follow, Isabel and Elisabeth learn the cost and the unexpected joy of sacrifice. Based on the true stories of refugees and the woman who risked everything to save them, The Swiss Nurse shares a message of love and strength amid one of history's often overlooked conflicts"-- Provided by publisher. 20230822. Eidenbenz, Elisabeth, 1913-2011 Fiction. Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue France Fiction. Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Fiction. Biographical fiction. fast Fiction. fast Historical fiction. fast History. fast Large print books. fast Novels. fast Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. Large print books. Abernathy, Gretchen, translator. Thorndike Press large print clean reads.