The next ship home: a novel of Ellis Island
(Large Print)
"Ellis Island, 1902: Two women band together to hold America to its promise: Give me your tired, your poor . . . your huddled masses yearning to breathe free . . . A young Italian woman arrives on the shores of America, her sights set on a better life. That same day, a young American woman reports to her first day of work at the immigration center. But Ellis Island isn't a refuge for Francesca or Alma, not when ships depart every day with those who are refused entry to the country and when corruption ripples through every corridor. While Francesca resorts to desperate measures to ensure she will make it off the island, Alma fights for her dreams of becoming a translator, even as women are denied the chance. As the two women face the misdeeds of a system known to manipulate and abuse immigrants searching for new hope in America, they form an unlikely friendship -- and share a terrible secret -- altering their fates and the lives of the immigrants who come after them. This is a novel of the dark secrets of Ellis Island, when entry to the land of the free promised a better life but often delivered something drastically different, and when immigrant strength and female friendship found ways to triumph even on the darkest days."--Provided by publisher.
Discrimination -- United States -- Fiction.
Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction.
Large type books.
United States -- Immigration and emigration -- Fiction.
Notes
Webb, H. (2023). The next ship home: a novel of Ellis Island. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Webb, Heather, 1976 December 30-. 2023. The Next Ship Home: A Novel of Ellis Island. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Webb, Heather, 1976 December 30-, The Next Ship Home: A Novel of Ellis Island. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Webb, Heather. The Next Ship Home: A Novel of Ellis Island. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine, Center Point Large Print, 2023.
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