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A nurse at war

by Maggie Bennett

NursesMedical careWorld War, 1939-1945FictionFiction, romance, historicalWorld war, 1939-1945, fictionGreat britain, fiction

Attractive, clever and wilful, Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home. So at twenty-one she escapes to London to train as a nurse, where she gathers many admirers - none more dashing than RAF officer Sandy Redfern, with whom she falls in love. But the coming of war, with the chaos of the Blitz, brings upheavals and unforeseen entanglements.

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Book data: Open Library