The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls

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by Ursula Hegi


  15. Foundling

  16. Going Maternal

  17. Marlene and Hedda

  18. Frost Sketches Flowers on the Windows

  Part Four. 1859–1866

  19. Men Who Turn to Stone

  20. Young Widows with Infants

  21. I Kill The Sensational Sebastian

  22. Luzia The Clown and the Whirling Nowack Cousins

  23. Tell Me the Story of How My Vati Could Fly

  Part Five. Winter 1878–1879

  24. A Quicksilver Murmur

  25. In the Big Nursery

  26. Of Being Alone and Untouched

  27. The Mathematics of Loss. Of Desire

  Part Six. Spring 1879

  28. A Balance of Bees and Humans

  29. The Old Women Set the Stage by Trusting Gossip

  30. Driftwood Jesus

  Part Seven. Summer 1879

  31. August. And the Dresses of the St. Margaret Girls Billow

  32. Lure of the Island

  33. You Must Be Kind to Your Husband

  34. A Frantic Summoning

  35. I Know I’m Bossy

  36. Our Own Hidden Wildness

  Part Eight. Winter 1879–1880

  37. Old Rifts Mend

  38. Sabine and Lotte

  39. To Feel Your Skin Despite the Layers of Our Habits

  40. Their Own Patron Saint

  41. Nineteen Days

  42. Steadiness of a Thief

  43. You Don’t Have a Brother

  Part Nine. Spring 1880

  44. Maria Ullrich Is Hungry for Colors

  45. Schwarze Sonne

  46. You Must Grip What You Cannot Bear to Lose

  Acknowledgments

  Also by Ursula Hegi

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  THE PATRON SAINT OF PREGNANT GIRLS. Copyright © 2020 by Ursula Hegi. All rights reserved. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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  Jacket design: LeeAnn Falciani

  Jacket photograph of peacock © Luis Castaneda Inc./Getty Images; sky © MNPhoto/Shutterstock.com; texture © Raganarock/Shutterstock.com; stripes © Eky Studio/Shutterstock.com; tent © Dawn Harmer/Shutterstock.com; water © Andrey Polivanov/Shutterstock.com

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Names: Hegi, Ursula, author.

  Title: The patron saint of pregnant girls / Ursula Hegi.

  Description: First edition. | New York: Flatiron Books, 2020.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2019045244 | ISBN 9781250156822 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250156815 (ebook)

  Subjects: LCSH: Domestic fiction.

  Classification: LCC PS3558.E4185 P38 2020 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019045244

  eISBN 9781250156815

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  First Edition: June 2020

 

 

 


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