TY  - BOOK
AU  - Feldman,Suzanne
TI  - Sisters of the Great War
SN  - 9780778311225
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PB  - Mira
KW  - Sisters
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Voluntarism
KW  - Nurses
KW  - Ambulance drivers
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Women
KW  - Women in war
KW  - Americans
KW  - Belgium
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - German occupation, 1914-1918
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Novels
KW  - War fiction
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "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
ER  -