Bibliograph

The next ship home, a novel of Ellis Island, Heather Webb

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The next ship home, a novel of Ellis Island, Heather Webb

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The next ship home

Oclc number

1237652847

Responsibility statement

Heather Webb

Sub title

a novel of Ellis Island

Summary

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<U+2014>and share a terrible secret<U+2014>altering their fates and the lives of the immigrants who come after them

Target audience

adult

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