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Penguin
September 2013
On Sale: August 27, 2013
464 pages ISBN: 0143123920 EAN: 9780143123927 Kindle: B00C5R8396 Paperback / e-Book
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Fiction Family Life | Historical
Iris Crane's tranquil life is shattered when a letter
summons memories from her bittersweet past: her first love,
her best friend, and the tragedy that changed everything.
Iris, a young Australian nurse, travels to France during
World War I to bring home her fifteen–year–old
brother, who ran away to enlist. But in Paris she meets the
charismatic Dr. Frances Ivens, who convinces Iris to help
establish a field hospital in the old abbey at Royaumont,
staffed entirely by women—a decision that will change
her life. Seamlessly interwoven is the story of Grace,
Iris's granddaughter in 1970s Australia. Together their
narratives paint a portrait of the changing role of women in
medicine and the powerful legacy of love.
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