The poppy field
Carr, Deborah2020
Large Print
Total copies: 1
Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that reveals the secret letters and heartache of Alice Le Breton, a young volunteer nurse who worked in a casualty clearing station near the front line. Set in the present day and during the horrifying years of the war, both woman discover deep down the strength and courage to carry on in even the most difficult of times. Through Alice's words and her unfailing love for her sweetheart at the front, Gemma learns to truly live again. A gripping and emotional World War One historical romance.
Main title:
The poppy field / Deborah Carr.
Author:
Carr, Deborah, author
Work:
Imprint:
Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2020.
Collation:
416 pages (large print)
Notes:
Standard print edition originally published: London: HarperImpulse, 2018.
ISBN:
9781004012794 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6103
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
375171