A Star for Mrs. Blake
  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780307948809
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00

A Star for Mrs. Blake

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An emotionally charged historical novel based on the true story of the Gold Star Mothers, a group of women who travel to France on a pilgrimage to the graves of their World War I soldier sons during the Great Depression.

An emotionally charged historical novel based on the Gold Star Mothers.

Cora Blake never dreamed she’d go to Paris. She’s hardly ever left the small fishing village where she grew up. Yet in the summer of 1931, she is invited to travel to France with hundreds of other Gold Star Mothers, courtesy of the U.S. government, to say goodbye to their fallen sons, American casualties of World War I who were buried overseas.

Chaperoned by a dashing West Point officer, Cora’s group includes the wife of an immigrant chicken farmer; a housemaid; a socialite; a former tennis star in precarious mental health; and dozens of other women from all over the country. Along the way, the women will forge lifelong friendships as they face a death, a scandal, and a secret revealed.
  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780307948809
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

April Smith

April Smith is a major Hollywood scriptwriter and producer. In addition to Cagney and Lacey she is the writer/producer of four distinguished TV movies: Best Kept Secrets; Ernie Kovass; Between the Laughter; Love Lives On and Taking Back my Life: The Nancy Ziegenmayer Story. She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband and two children.

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Praise for A Star for Mrs. Blake

  • "Brings graceful life to a wrongly forgotten historical footnote." --Entertainment Weekly
  • "A beautifully composed, elegantly written tale of a very strong, very vivid and utterly unforgettable woman on a terrible journey." --The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  • "A heartfelt glimpse into a little-known episode in U.S. history... Captivating and enlightening." --Booklist (starred review)