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When The World Fell Silent by Donna Jones Alward

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Also by Donna Jones Alward:

Ship of Dreams, April 2026
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
When The World Fell Silent, August 2024
Hardcover / e-Book

WHEN THE WORLD FELL SILENT
By: Donna Jones Alward

UNKNOWN
August 2024
On Sale: August 1, 2024
384 pages
ISBN: 0008647054
EAN: 9780008647056
Kindle: B0CQQMGJ7D
Hardcover / e-Book
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Romance Historical

1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

Nora Crowell wants more than her sister’s life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light.

 

Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life.

 

When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy in its wake…v