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Description
A stirring novel of passion, lost loves and one girl’s determination to conquer the odds from the author of Child of the Mersey.
When Connie Pride finds herself alone and pregnant in the rough courts of Liverpool, she despairs. Deserted by her lover, menaced by his bullying uncle, and too proud to ask her estranged family for help, there seems no hope.
Rescued from the gutter, she is offered the chance to train as a nurse at the Poor Hospital. Life becomes a whirl of hard work and long shifts, but also lively evenings at the music hall with her fellow nurses and the newly drafted soldiers. Finally Connie has a purpose in life – especially when the wounded of World War 1 start to arrive in their droves on the hospital wards. With a roof over her head and a steady wage, if she can stay out of trouble, the future looks brighter. Even love seems possible again …
But then a face from the violent past turns up to disrupt Connie’s new life and shatter her dreams. All she has built up is threatened – and she herself is in physical danger. It will take every ounce of the courage she possesses to overcome the odds – and a little help from old friends and new …
When Connie Pride finds herself alone and pregnant in the rough courts of Liverpool, she despairs. Deserted by her lover, menaced by his bullying uncle, and too proud to ask her estranged family for help, there seems no hope.
Rescued from the gutter, she is offered the chance to train as a nurse at the Poor Hospital. Life becomes a whirl of hard work and long shifts, but also lively evenings at the music hall with her fellow nurses and the newly drafted soldiers. Finally Connie has a purpose in life – especially when the wounded of World War 1 start to arrive in their droves on the hospital wards. With a roof over her head and a steady wage, if she can stay out of trouble, the future looks brighter. Even love seems possible again …
But then a face from the violent past turns up to disrupt Connie’s new life and shatter her dreams. All she has built up is threatened – and she herself is in physical danger. It will take every ounce of the courage she possesses to overcome the odds – and a little help from old friends and new …
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Contenu
- Nombre de pages :
- 400
- Langue:
- Anglais
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9780007387663
- Date de parution :
- 22-06-11
- Format:
- Ebook
- Protection digitale:
- Adobe DRM
- Format numérique:
- ePub
