{"product_id":"triage-9798994499115","title":"Triage","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the ghosts of war won't stay buried, a former Army nurse must find a way to heal-or risk losing everything. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1951 New Orleans, Laura Marino works as a nurse at Charity Hospital. She's been home from World War II for six years, but peacetime has brought its own challenges. She's frustrated at work, and her childless marriage to Nicholas, a surgeon she met in the Army, is strained. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura is devastated when news arrives that Frances, her best friend from the front, has taken her own life. Turning to the wartime journal she has kept hidden away, Laura is plunged back into memories of the bonds forged amid chaos on the front lines of North Africa, during the siege of Anzio, and at a refugee camp in Italy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile her husband takes on an overseas assignment, Laura wrestles with her grief and guilt over Frances' death. Then she meets Boyer, a wounded veteran who shares her pain. Their connection is intense-and dangerous, threatening to upend her life entirely. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriage is an intimate portrait of a woman's hard-won journey through love, loss, and a quest for redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisa M. Speranza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Burgundy Bend Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994499115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSperanza, Elisa M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Elisa M. Speranza is the author of two historical novels, Triage (2026) and The Italian Prisoner (2022), a finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competition. She is board chair and an instructor for the nonprofit New Orleans Writers Workshop and has been a featured author at the Tennessee Williams \u0026amp; New Orleans Literary Festival, the Louisiana Book Festival, Islanders Write, and the Salem LitFest. She is the co-founder of the Washashores Writers Collective on Martha's Vineyard and writes \"The Bricklayer's Daughter\" on Substack. Originally from Boston, Elisa lives in New Orleans and Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit: www.elisamariesperanza.com","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Elisa M. Speranza \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311314317469,"sku":"9798994499115","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_20769c19-9e99-4958-9596-c3c503d77355.jpg?v=1779261710","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/triage-9798994499115","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}