num_pages: 352
description: A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse a soldier and a family secret that binds them together for generations to comefrom USA TODAY and repeat #1 bestselling author Genevieve Graham.Present dayCassie Simmons a museum curator is enthusiastic about solving mysteries from the past and she has a personal interest in the history of the rumrunners who ferried illegal booze across the Detroit River during Prohibition. So when a cache of whisky labeled Bailey Brothers Best is unearthed during a local home renovation Cassie hopes to find the answers shes been searching for about the legendary family of bootleggers...1918Corporal Jeremiah Bailey of the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company is tasked with planting mines in the tunnels beneath enemy trenches. After Jerry is badly wounded in an explosion he finds himself in a Belgium field hospital under the care of Adele Savard one of Canadas nursing sisters nicknamed Bluebirds for their blue gowns and white caps. As Jerry recovers he forms a strong connection with Adele who is from a place near his hometown of Windsor along the Detroit River. In the midst of war shes a welcome reminder of home and when Jerry is sent back to the front he can only hope that hell see his bluebird again.By wars end both Jerry and Adele return home to Windsor scarred by the horrors of what they endured overseas. When they cross paths one day they have a chance to start over. But the city is in the grip of Prohibition which brings exciting opportunities as well as new dangerous conflicts that threaten to destroy everything they have fought for.Pulled from the pages of history Bluebird is a compelling luminous novel about the strength of the human spirit and the power of love to call us home.
language: English
title: Bluebird
publisher: Simon & Schuster