Binding: Paperback
Description: Evvy Hoffmeister is thirteen years old when her family brings her to Loon Lake Sanatorium to get cured of tuberculosis (TB). Evvy is frightened by her new surroundings; the rules to abide are harsh and the nurses equally rigid. But Evvy soon falls into step with the other girls in her ward. There's Sarah quiet but thoughtful; Pearl who adores Hollywood glamour; and Dina whose harshness conceals a deep strength. Together the girls brave the difficult daily routines. Set in 1940 at a time of political unrest throughout the U. S. and Europe this thought - provoking novel sheds light on a much - feared worldwide illness. Hundreds of thousands of people died each year of TB and many ill children were sent away to sanatoriums to hopefully recover. Marsha Hayles Breathing Room is a masterful novel both eloquent and moving that gives voice to those who fought hard to overcome the illness.
Title: Breathing Room
Author(s): Hayles Marsha
Publisher: Square Fish
Barcode: 9781250034113
Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 9/10/2013
Category: Historical Fiction (Children's / Teenage)