Liverpool 1855. Ada Houston is alone. Her grandfather has recently passed away and her brother is missing, last seen working on the Liverpool docks. Everyone assumes him to be dead. But she will not give up hope. Ada's determined search takes her to the Crimea where she joins the team of Florence Ni
Miss Nightingale's Nurses
β Scribed by Kate Eastham
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1405935898
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β¦ Synopsis
**'**Deftly written . . . a moving account of loss, as well as self-discovery and achievement' Woman's Own
The first heart-warming novel in Kate Eastham's nursing series . . .
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From the docks of Liverpool to a distant battlefield, can one girl find her brother and save herself?
Ada Houston's life is shattered when her brother Frank goes missing following an accident at the docks. But a short time later she hears a rumour that he survived and left Liverpool to fight a foreign war.
Determined not to lose him a second time she boards a ship to bring him home. But the battlefields of the Crimea are a hostile place for a penniless young woman.
Then one day a lifeline is thrown her way as she is offered the chance to train as a nurse under the famous Florence Nightingale. Working in the most terrible of conditions, Ada shows an aptitude beyond anyone's expectations as she cares for her injured...
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