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From the bestselling author of The London Girls comes a story of
courage and resilience amidst the horror of Auschwitz—and one
woman’s last chance to share it with the world. London, 1995:
When on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a
news broadcast runs an appeal for information on the identity of a
midwife who saved hundreds of lives, Emilia knows it is time to
finally tell her story. Occupied Poland, 1942: Despite the constant
presence of German soldiers in her village, Emilia is allowed
certain freedoms as a midwife—the most precious is innocently
cycling past Nazi checkpoints to the homes of expectant mothers on
her rounds. But Emilia has a secret: for years she’s also been
visiting the hidden Jewish mothers and working for the
resistance…until she is betrayed. Suddenly a prisoner of
Auschwitz, Emilia is surrounded by horror and despair. When she is
put to work as a midwife in the camp, she realises that she has a
chance to bring a small glimmer of hope to the pregnant women of
Auschwitz. Alongside a brave imprisoned doctor, Aleksy, and an
innocent outcast, Lena, she comes up with a dangerous plan. A plan
that if discovered could mean a fate far worse than death, but if
they act undetected, they could save countless lives… The Secret
Midwife is a work of fiction, but inspired by many real-life
accounts of the Polish resistance, the brave doctors, nurses and
midwives imprisoned in the camps and those who fought to save as
many lives as possible in Poland during World War II.
From the bestselling author of The Last Correspondent comes a
remarkable story of three young women who defy the bombs to do
their bit for Britain. Will they survive the dark streets of London
to see the Allies win the war? London, 1941. The Blitz. When a
Royal Navy memo arrives at head office, requesting female recruits
to sign up as motorcycle dispatch riders, delivering highly
classified orders across the country, three women jump at the
chance to sign up for the most dangerous jobs in London. Olivia
grew up riding motorcycles with her brothers, and with them
fighting abroad she feels it is her duty to join up. The thrill of
adventure draws Ava, but with more enthusiasm than skill, will she
learn to navigate the treacherous London streets safely? Having
lost her family during one of the first air attacks, Florence knows
how important it is to have help arrive on the scene-fast-and so
she steps up, outmanoeuvring the men behind the wheel of an
ambulance. When Olivia, Ava and Florence meet for the first time
they know they have found something all of them need-family. As
bombs fall, decimating the city they love, these three brave women
build a sisterhood amid the rubble, facing down anyone-even their
own families-who objects to their service. And while romances bloom
and fade, their connection grows ever stronger. But none of them
dare consider the terrifying reality that one night Florence's
ambulance may be rescuing someone she loves...
From the bestselling author of The Last Correspondent comes the
powerful story of three brave women who go to war-and end up
fighting for their lives. Sicily, 1943. Three American women, all
nurses in the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron, are
determined to do all they can for their country. Vita is
fun-loving, Dot shy and sweet-natured, and Evelyn practical and
determined, but for all their differences, a life of military
service pulls the three together as firm friends. When they're
selected for a daring mission, the women are proud to play their
part. But disaster strikes when their plane crash-lands behind
enemy lines in occupied Albania. Together with twenty-three other
medics, they find themselves trapped, cut off from all
communication with the squadron, and in terrifying and unimaginable
danger. As days and nights pass without hope of rescue, the group
must travel on foot across unfamiliar terrain thick with Nazis and
their violent local allies. Can Evelyn, Vita, and Dot survive the
perilous journey through enemy territory-and finally find their way
home?
How far will they go for family, friendship, and love? Occupied
France, 1940. When the staff at a field hospital draw straws to
find out who will join the evacuation from Dunkirk, Nurse Cate is
left behind. But when the Nazis arrive to claim prisoners of war,
she takes her chance and flees into the night, taking one patient
with her. Fifty miles away, the surrendering soldiers of the Royal
Norfolk Regiment are shot dead by the advancing Germans. Beneath
the pile of bodies two men survive, crawling to the safety of a
nearby farmhouse, where sisters Elise and Adelaide risk their lives
to take them in. When Cate, too, arrives at their door with her
injured soldier, the pressure mounts. The sisters are risking
everything to keep their visitors safe. But with the Nazis coming
ever closer and relationships in the farmhouse intensifying, they
must all question the sacrifices they are willing to make for the
lives of others. How far will they go for family, friendship, and
love?
When journalist Ella Franks is unmasked as a woman writing under a
male pseudonym, she loses her job. But having risked everything to
write, she refuses to be silenced and leaps at the chance to become
a correspondent in war-torn France. Already entrenched in the
thoroughly male arena of war reporting is feisty American
photojournalist Danni Bradford. Together with her best friend and
partner, Andy, she is determined to cover the events unfolding in
Normandy. And to discover the whereabouts of Andy's flighty sister,
Vogue model Chloe, who has followed a lover into the French
Resistance. When trailblazing efforts turn to tragedy, Danni, Ella
and Chloe are drawn together, and soon form a formidable team. Each
woman is determined to follow her dreams "no matter what," and to
make her voice heard over the noise of war. Europe is a perilous
place, with danger at every turn. They'll need to rely on each
other if they are to get their stories back, and themselves out
alive. Will the adventure and love they find be worth the journey
of their lives?
From the bestselling author of Wives of War comes a harrowing tale
of four brave young nurses whose lives change forever in the wake
of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. When Grace, April, and Poppy
join the US Army Nurse Corps, they see it as little more than an
adventure, one made all the better by their first station: Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii. Joined at the hip, idealistic Grace, exuberant
Poppy, and brave but haunted April frolic in the sun, attending
parties, flirting with the handsome soldiers, and becoming fast
friends with seasoned nurse Eva. Like the Hawaiian sun, their
future seems warm and bright-until the infamous morning of December
7. Within just a few horrifying hours, their sparkling hopes turn
to black rubble and ash. Now embroiled in a war they never could
have imagined, they must decide what truly matters to them and face
grief as they never have before. Death may await them-but so do
hope and purpose. In the midst of the carnage, can they find
happiness and learn to fight not just for their country's honor but
for themselves?
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