Wartime for the district nurses / Annie Groves.
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TextSeries: Groves, Annie. District nurse ; 2.Publisher: London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2019Description: 409 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0008272247; 9780008272241Subject(s): World War (1939-1945) | World War (1939-1945) | 1939-1945 | Nurses -- Fiction | Romance fiction | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction | Nurses -- England -- London -- Fiction | Domestic fiction | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction | Relationships -- Fiction | Female friendship -- Fiction | Nurses -- England -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- England -- London -- Fiction | Nurses | Manners and customs | Female friendship | London (England) -- Fiction | England -- London | London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1945 -- Fiction | East End (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction | England | England -- London -- East EndGenre/Form: Romance fiction. | Fiction. | Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction. | History. | Domestic fiction. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in the London district of Hackney. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they've had plenty to keep them occupied. Now the lives of every Londoner are about to change forever as Hitler and the Luftwaffe rain down their bombs on the people of the city. The girls find themselves caught up in the terrible aftermath of the raids and run into danger themselves. Amidst the upheaval, there is still time for love, though with the men away fighting for King and Country, the girls have their fair share of heartache and anguish to contend with. It's up to them to keep up the Spirit of the Blitz -and everyone is counting on them...Summary: The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in the London district of Hackney. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they've had plenty to keep them occupied. Now the lives of every Londoner are about to change forever as Hitler and the Luftwaffe rain down their bombs on the people of the city. The girls find themselves caught up in the terrible aftermath of the raids and run into danger themselves. Amidst the upheaval, there is still time for love, though with the men away fighting for King and Country, the girls have their fair share of heartache and anguish to contend with. It's up to them to keep up the Spirit of the Blitz -and everyone is counting on them...
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"Now they are needed more than ever" --Front cover.
Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in the London district of Hackney. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they've had plenty to keep them occupied. Now the lives of every Londoner are about to change forever as Hitler and the Luftwaffe rain down their bombs on the people of the city. The girls find themselves caught up in the terrible aftermath of the raids and run into danger themselves. Amidst the upheaval, there is still time for love, though with the men away fighting for King and Country, the girls have their fair share of heartache and anguish to contend with. It's up to them to keep up the Spirit of the Blitz -and everyone is counting on them...
The compelling new bestseller from the author of The Mersey Daughter and Winter on the Mersey. Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in the London district of Hackney. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they've had plenty to keep them occupied. Now the lives of every Londoner are about to change forever as Hitler and the Luftwaffe rain down their bombs on the people of the city. The girls find themselves caught up in the terrible aftermath of the raids and run into danger themselves. Amidst the upheaval, there is still time for love, though with the men away fighting for King and Country, the girls have their fair share of heartache and anguish to contend with. It's up to them to keep up the Spirit of the Blitz -and everyone is counting on them...
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