A Nurse's Courage: a gripping story of love and duty set during the First World War

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Synopsis
If you love watching Call the Midwife or reading Dilly Court and Donna Douglas, you will love much-loved author Maggie Holt's warm-hearted, captivating and intensely moving wartime saga in which a young nurse's life is forever changed by war. Perfect to settle down with!WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT A NURSE'S COURAGE!'I found this book extremely difficult to put down' - 5 STARS'Truly breathtaking' - 5 STARS'Fantastic book, from start to finish...recommend' - 5 STARS'Worth every penny' - 5 STARS'Great story- I couldn't put the book down, totally addicted to it' - 5 STARS***********************************************************************************HER COUNTRY NEEDED HER, BUT SO DID HE...Orphan Mabel Court's dreams come true when she enters the Booth Street Poor Law Infirmary as a probationer nurse. But it is August 1914, and her world is about to be turned upside down.She soon meets Norah McLoughlin, another probationer, and the two girls - together with Mabel's childhood friend Maudie, now a music-hall dancer - become firm friends.As war rages across Europe, they try to keep their spirits up but when Mabel's fiancé Harry Drover is wounded at the battle of the Somme, Mabel realises that the life she and Harry had always hoped for is now an impossibility.Then when Maudie falls pregnant by an officer, and Norah's young man is lost at sea, all three girls are forced to face the fact that life will never be the same again.The adventures continue in A Nurse at War.Previously published as A Child at the Door by Maggie Bennett.
Copyright:
2002

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
512 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781448150267
Related ISBNs:
9780099576747
Publisher:
Random House
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Maggie Holt
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Military, Romance, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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