Bandaging the Blitz by Phyll Macdonald Ross

Bandaging the Blitz by Phyll Macdonald Ross

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An incredible true story of a young nurse working in the East End of London during the Second World War.

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Bandaging the Blitz by Phyll Macdonald Ross

An incredible true coming-of-age story In 1938, eighteen-year-old Phyllis Ellsworth packs her bags, says goodbye to her anxious parents and sets off from her quiet seaside home for the Hackney Hospital in London's bustling East End, where she is to fulfill her dream to train as a nurse. At first, it is a whirlwind of long days, hard work, new friends and plenty of mischief, but just ten months later Britain declares war on Germany and life at the hospital is transformed. Phyll's days become an endless cycle of air-raid sirens, injured servicemen and anxiously waiting for news of loved ones. And when she falls in love with a handsome young solider, Alistair, Phyll's work provides the only distraction from worrying about his safety. Bandaging the Blitz is a true story of coming-of-age in terrible times, of the blossoming of first romance into a life-long love affair, and of a young woman whose eagerness to do good in the world brought her suddenly face-to-face with death and drama in all its many guises.
I. D. Roberts was born in Australia in 1970 and moved to England when he was three. For the past decade he has been the film writer for a national listings magazine. His first novel, Kingdom Lock, an Historical adventure set during the Great War was published by Allison & Busby in May 2014.
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ISBN 13 9780751559910
ISBN 10 0751559911
Title Bandaging the Blitz
Author Phyll Macdonald Ross
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2015-08-27
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.