Bibliograph

The elephant of Belfast, S. Kirk Walsh

Type

Label

The elephant of Belfast, S. Kirk Walsh

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The elephant of Belfast

Oclc number

1262667829

Responsibility statement

S. Kirk Walsh

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print history fact and fiction

Summary

"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"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification