{"product_id":"pelican-girls-paperback","title":"Pelican Girls - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulia Malye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping epic in the vein of Philipp Meyer's \u003cem\u003eThe Son\u003c\/em\u003e and Min Jin Lee's \u003cem\u003ePachinko\u003c\/em\u003e and inspired by a true story, this stunning US literary debut captures the never-before-told journey of the Baleine Brides: a ship full of young women plucked from a Paris asylum and sent to marry settlers in North America's rough Louisiana Territory.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParis, 1720. La Salp?tri?re hospital is in crisis: too many occupants, not enough beds. Halfway across the world, France's colony in the wilds of North America has space to spare and needs families to fill it. So the director of the hospital rounds up nearly a hundred female \"volunteers\" of childbearing age--orphans, prisoners, and mental patients--to be shipped to New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong this group are three unlikely friends: a sharp-tongued twelve-year old orphan, a mute 'madwoman, ' and an accused abortionist. Charlotte, P?tronille, and Genevi?ve, along with the dozens of other women aboard \u003cem\u003eLa Baleine\u003c\/em\u003e, have no knowledge of what lies ahead and no control over their futures. Strangers brought together by fate, these brave and fierce young women will face extraordinary adversity--pirates, slavedrivers, sickness, war--but also the private trauma of heartbreak and unrequited love, children born and lost, cruelty and unexpected pleasure, and a friendship forged in fire that will sustain through the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once a gorgeously written work of startling depth and emotion and a gripping drama marrying high-seas adventure with pioneer grit, \u003cem\u003ePelican Girls\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, thought-provoking novel about female friendship and desire and the daunting compromises women are forced to make to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52023051551021,"sku":"9780063299764","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/pelican-girls-paperback-1296320.webp?v=1777432146","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/pelican-girls-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}