Sisters of the Great War /
Feldman, Suzanne, 1958-
Sisters of the Great War / Suzanne Feldman. - 397 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"August 1914. While Europe enters a brutal conflict unlike any waged before, the Duncan household in Baltimore, Maryland, is the setting for a different struggle. Ruth and Elise Duncan long to escape the roles that society, and their controlling father, demand they play. Together, the sisters volunteer for the war effort, Ruth as a nurse, Elise as a driver. Stationed at a makeshift hospital in Ypres, Belgium, Ruth soon confronts war's harshest lesson: not everyone can be saved. Rising above the appalling conditions, she seizes an opportunity to realize her dream to practice medicine as a doctor. Elise, an accomplished mechanic, finds purpose and an unexpected kinship within the all-female Ambulance Corps. Through bombings, heartache, and loss, Ruth and Elise cherish an independence rarely granted to women, unaware that their greatest challenges are still to come."--Page 4 of cover.
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Sisters--Fiction.
Voluntarism--Fiction.
Nurses--Fiction.
Ambulance drivers--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Women--Fiction.
Women in war--Fiction.
Americans--Belgium--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States--Fiction.
Belgium--Fiction.
Belgium--History--German occupation, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
War fiction.
Sisters of the Great War / Suzanne Feldman. - 397 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
"August 1914. While Europe enters a brutal conflict unlike any waged before, the Duncan household in Baltimore, Maryland, is the setting for a different struggle. Ruth and Elise Duncan long to escape the roles that society, and their controlling father, demand they play. Together, the sisters volunteer for the war effort, Ruth as a nurse, Elise as a driver. Stationed at a makeshift hospital in Ypres, Belgium, Ruth soon confronts war's harshest lesson: not everyone can be saved. Rising above the appalling conditions, she seizes an opportunity to realize her dream to practice medicine as a doctor. Elise, an accomplished mechanic, finds purpose and an unexpected kinship within the all-female Ambulance Corps. Through bombings, heartache, and loss, Ruth and Elise cherish an independence rarely granted to women, unaware that their greatest challenges are still to come."--Page 4 of cover.
9780778311225 0778311228
2021026081
Sisters--Fiction.
Voluntarism--Fiction.
Nurses--Fiction.
Ambulance drivers--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Women--Fiction.
Women in war--Fiction.
Americans--Belgium--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Women--United States--Fiction.
Belgium--Fiction.
Belgium--History--German occupation, 1914-1918--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
War fiction.