Home Front
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Before the war, she'd never have gone out in the rain and happily stood in it. Now, it was a reminder that she was alive...
This war is going to be full of women who fall in love with men they'll never see again. All we do is say goodbye over and over.
the time when everyone else told me to brace myself for the worst kind
home. If they found Thomas, it might
Acknowledge them, remember the pain, then don’t let it back in. Don’t let it take hold.
Sweetheart, you can’t tell your heart what to do. It’s the one part of your body that doesn’t listen to advice.
For what God would let men kill men like this? Would let men butcher one another and have such little regard for human life?
being out, for leaning over the railing when she might fall. But he didn’t. ‘I wanted to make sure you were doing all right. I’ve been worried about you.’ Scarlet’s heart was beating fast, her
Smile and the world will see the woman you want them to see, no matter how you feel inside.
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About Soraya M. Lane
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London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family—and to herself—that she’s stronger than everybody thinks. Nursing is in Ellie’s blood, but her humble background is vastly different from Scarlet’s privileged upbringing. Though Ellie puts on a brave face, she’s just as nervous as Scarlet about what awaits them in France.
In Normandy, the two friends soon encounter the seemingly unflappable Lucy. Scarlet and Ellie are in awe of her courage and competence, but the experienced nurse is well aware of the dangers of the job they’ve chosen—and even she is terrified they won’t make it home alive.
Pushed to their limits by the brutality of a world at war, Scarlet, Ellie and Lucy will need to rely on each other—and the power of their friendship—to s
Book details
- First published
- 2017
- Author
- Soraya M. Lane
- Genre
- Historical
- Goodreads rating
- 4.17 (21k ratings)
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