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The War Nurse
Tracey Enerson Wood
出版
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
, 2021-07-07
主題
Fiction / Historical / 20th Century / World War I
Fiction / Biographical
Fiction / Women
ISBN
1728244994
9781728244990
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-X8HzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
A stunning tale - based on a true story - of one nurse in France during WWI who must battle the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemicAnother gripping historical fiction masterpiece from international bestselling author Tracey Enerson WoodShe asked dozens of young women to lay their lives on the line during the Great War. Can she protect them?Superintendent of Nurses Julia Stimson must recruit sixty-five nurses to relieve the battle-worn British, months before American troops are ready to be deployed. She knows that the young nurses serving near the front lines of will face a challenging situation, but nothing could have prepared her for the chaos that awaits when they arrive at British Base Hospital 12 in Rouen, France. The primitive conditions, a convoluted, ineffective system, and horrific battle wounds are enough to discourage the most hardened nurses, and Julia can do nothing but lead by example - even as the military doctors undermine her authority and make her question her very place in the hospital tent.When trainloads of soldiers stricken by a mysterious respiratory illness arrive one after the other, overwhelming the hospital's limited resources, and threatening the health of her staff, Julia faces an unthinkable choice - to step outside the bounds of her profession and risk the career she has fought so hard for, or to watch the people she cares for most die in her arms. Based on a true story, The War Nurse is a sweeping historical novel by international bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through WWI France.