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008			231011t20242024nyub b 000 f eng
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020			_a9781984805058 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1984805053 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1389609151 _z(OCoLC)1424627607 _z(OCoLC)1427258866
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092			_aDONATI, _bSARA
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aDonati, Sara, _d1956- _eauthor. _910767
245	1	4	_aThe sweet blue distance / _cSara Donati.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBerkley, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_axvi, 777 pages : _bmaps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory in this captivating epic from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters. Carrie Ballentyne's life was upended in 1845 when she had to leave the only home she'd ever known in the mountains of upstate New York. With her are her widowed mother and younger brother Nathan, but the separation from Bonner, Ballentyne, and Savard relatives weighs heavily. In time Carrie finds footing as a midwife and nurse, but she never feels at ease in the city. So when, a decade later, she receives an invitation from a doctor in Santa Fe to join him at his practice, she readily accepts. The trip across the country is long and often dangerous, but she travels the last leg on horseback with men who have been hired to see her safely through the Native nations fighting the westward flood of colonizers. On that journey she makes friends who will be with her for all her life: Eva, a young widow; and Eli, an experienced surveyor. Once Carrie is established in Santa Fe, it becomes clear that her employer is not everything she was led to believe, and she is forced to face far more challenges and responsibilities than she anticipated. But she dedicates herself to the work and the women, providing health care, delivering babies, and earning the trust of her patients. In the course of that first summer in New Mexico, determined to make a life for herself in a new kind of wilderness far beyond her imagination, Carrie finds friendship, support, and even love where she least expected"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 771-777).
650		0	_aMidwives _vFiction. _966156
650		0	_aNurses _vFiction. _92803
650		0	_aFrontier and pioneer life _vFiction. _95048
650		0	_aSecrecy _vFiction.
651		0	_aSanta Fe (N.M.) _vFiction. _961358
655		7	_aWestern fiction. _2lcgft _95275
655		7	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _9683
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
994			_aC0 _bNFG
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