Miss Nightingale's Nurses
During the toughest of times, has she finally found her calling?
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2018
Summary
Liverpool 1855. Ada Houston is alone. Her grandfather has recently passed away and her brother is missing, last seen working on the Liverpool docks. Everyone assumes him to be dead. But she will not give up hope. Ada’s determined search takes her to the Crimea, where she joins the team of Florence Nightingale’s nurses. She may have set off looking for her brother, but along the way Ada finds friends, romance and a new purpose in her own life in the most troubling and difficult of places.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405935890 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405935898 |
| Author: | Kate Eastham |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The Nursing Series |
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Deftly written … a moving account of loss, as well as self-discovery and achievement– Woman’s Own
Deftly written … a moving account of loss, as well as self-discovery and achievement * Woman’s Own *
About The Author
Kate Eastham
Kate Eastham trained as a nurse and midwife on the Nightingale wards of Preston Royal Infirmary. She has well over thirty years of experience working in hospital, residential and hospice care. Born and bred in Lancashire, she is married with three grown-up children and one grandchild. Always reading, she went on to gain a degree in English Literature and was inspired to write after researching the history of nursing and her own family history, with its roots in Liverpool, northern mill towns and rural Lancashire.
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