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The Air We Breathe (Paperback)

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In the fall of 1916, America prepares for war but in the community of Tamarack Lake, the focus is on the sick. Wealthy tubercular patients live in private cure cottages; charity patients, mainly immigrants, fill the large public sanatorium. Prisoners of routine, they take solace in gossip, rumor, and sometimes secret attachments. But when the well-meaning efforts of one enterprising patient lead to a tragic accident and a terrible betrayal, the war comes home, bringing with it a surge of anti-immigrant prejudice and vigilante sentiment. Reading group guide included.

Product Details ISBN-10: 0393333078
ISBN-13: 9780393333077
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 10/01/2008
Pages: 320
Language: English