The G.I. Bride by Eileen Ramsay
If you love Donna Douglas' Nightingale Girls and the nurses of Nadine Dorries' Lovely Lane, be prepared to fall in love with April, Eugenie, Bess and Nancy as they band together to support each other through love, loss and scandal. In wartime, can new hope still be found? When her beloved father is killed in the Blitz, trainee nurse April Harvey is all alone in the world. Desperate to find the family she craves, she heads to Truro, her mother's home town. But danger and heartbreak lurk even in Cornwall, and when the American G. I.s arrive, April finds her life turned upside down as she discovers that some people are not to be trusted. Especially when it comes to her budding romance with Major Crawford Dunbar. As vicious rumours emerge, April fears there will never be a future for them. But if war has taught her anything, it is that you must grasp happiness where you can, and April is not prepared to give up without a fight . . .As unique as it is exquisite * Daily Record *
As always, Ramsay's prose is vivid and flowing, and the pages just fly by * Choice *
A seriously good read! * Woman *
Wonderfully satisfying * The Bookseller *
Another cracking good read * Livewire *
It was so easy to be swept up in this engaging and delightful storyIt isn't all light hearted and there is a depth to the story that made for compelling reading * Rae Reads *
There's tragedy, struggle, family, rags to riches, a villain and romance. But it's the sense of hope and accomplishment which make these books so appealing * Cosy Books *
Beautifully structured and a plain old-fashioned good read * Isla Dewar *
This wonderful panoramic novel sweeps you up and carries you along to the end. Lovely! * Katie Fforde *
Eileen Ramsay grew up in Dumfriesshire. After graduation she went to Washington DC, where she taught in private schools for some years, before moving to California with her Scottish husband. There, she raised two sons, finished her Masters Degree, fell in love with Mexico, and published her first short stories and a Regency novel.
The family returned to Scotland where Eileen continued to teach and write and to serve - at different times - on the committees of The Society of Authors in Scotland, The Scottish Association of Writers and The Romantic Novelists Association. In 2004, her novel SOMEDAY, SOMEWHERE was shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award. Eileen was Chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association 2015-2017.
Eileen passed away in 2023 at the age of eight-two.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781785762437 |
| ISBN 10 | 1785762435 |
| Titel | The G.I. Bride |
| Autor | Eileen Ramsay |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Zaffre |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2018-09-20 |
| Seitenanzahl | 416 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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