The Air We Breathe: A Novel by Andrea Barrett

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. This 2008 Hutchinson Trade Paperback is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9780091921330 SKU: 1582446 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1582446
Location: Fiction