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Walsh, S. Kirk.
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Zoo keepers -- Fiction.
Elephants -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- History -- 20th century.
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Walsh, S. Kirk.
Zoo keepers -- Fiction.
Elephants -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- History -- 20th century.
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The
elephant
of
Belfast
: a
novel
/ S. Kirk Walsh.
by
Walsh, S. Kirk.
Counterpoint, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION WAL
Subjects
Zoo keepers -- Fiction.
Elephants -- Fiction.
Human-animal relationships -- Fiction.
Belfast
(Northern Ireland) -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9781640094000 (hc.)
Edition:
1st hardcover ed.
Description:
324 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The
Elephant
of
Belfast
chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed
Belfast
, Northern Ireland, also known as the
Belfast
Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the
novel
animates how the war irrevocably impacted--and shaped the lives of
Belfast
's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian
elephant
arriving at the
Belfast
docks from Ceylon. Soon, she becomes Violet's dedicated zookeeper at the Bellevue Zoo. At the same time, Hettie continues to experience the grief related to the recent loss of her beloved older sister, Anna, and the abandonment of her father, Thomas, who left her mother, Rose. On April 15th , 1941,
Belfast
is attacked for five hours, with 674 bombs falling, and almost a thousand civilians being killed. During the bombings and its aftermath, Hettie does all that she can to save her
elephant
, and survive the destruction and escalating sectarian unrest of the city. Even though Hettie is still only twenty years old by the
novel
's end, she's aged at least a decade, her life and perspective transforming in tragic and unexpected ways. Taken altogether, The
Elephant
of
Belfast
reflects a complicated portrait of loss, grief, love, and resilience, and how the zoo and the city of
Belfast
suffered during these catastrophic attacks. At the narrative's heart is a changing relationship between a young woman and an
elephant
: At first, it seems that Hettie saves Violet, but in the end, Violet saves her"--Publisher.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Literary fiction.
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Cole Harbour Public Library
Adult Fiction
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