Sisters Of The Great War

Author : Suzanne Feldman
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369703385

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Sisters of the Great War by Suzanne Feldman Pdf

Inspired by real women, this powerful novel tells the story of two unconventional American sisters who volunteer at the front during World War I 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. Illuminating the critical role women played in the Great War, this is a remarkable story of resilience, sacrifice and the bonds that can never be vanquished.

Author : Cynthia Toman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774832168

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Sister Soldiers of the Great War by Cynthia Toman Pdf

In Sister Soldiers of the Great War, award-winning author Cynthia Toman recovers the long-lost history of Canada’s first women soldiers – nursing sisters who enlisted as officers with the Canadian Army Medical Corps. The nursing sisters had a mandate to salvage as many sick and wounded men as possible for return to the front lines. Nothing prepared them, however, for the poor living conditions, the scale of the casualties, or the type of wounds they encountered. But their letters and diaries reveal that they were determined to soldier on under all circumstances while still “living as well as possible.”

Author : Shawna M. Quinn
Publisher : New Brunswick Military Heritag
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0864926332

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Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War by Shawna M. Quinn Pdf

Includes Nursing Sister Agnes Warner's wartime letters which were published under the title "My Beloved Poilus."

Author : Lana Kortchik
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008314835

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Sisters of War by Lana Kortchik Pdf

*The USA Today bestseller!* Can their bond survive under the shadow of occupation? For fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The German Midwife comes this unforgettable tale of love, loss, family, and the power of hope.

Author : Christina Asquith
Publisher : Random House
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588367617

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Sisters in War by Christina Asquith Pdf

Caught up in a terrifying war, facing choices of life and death, two Iraqi sisters take us into the hidden world of women’s lives under U.S. occupation. Through their powerful story of love and betrayal, interwoven with the stories of a Palestinian American women’s rights activist and a U.S. soldier, journalist Christina Asquith explores one of the great untold sagas of the Iraq war: the attempt to bring women’s rights to Iraq, and the consequences for all those involved. On the heels of the invasion, twenty-two-year-old Zia accepts a job inside the U.S. headquarters in Baghdad, trusting that democracy will shield her burgeoning romance with an American contractor from the disapproval of her fellow Iraqis. But as resistance to the U.S. occupation intensifies, Zia and her sister, Nunu, a university student, are targeted by Islamic insurgents and find themselves trapped between their hopes for a new country and the violent reality of a misguided war. Asquith sets their struggle against the broader U.S. efforts to bring women’s rights to Iraq, weaving the sisters’ story with those of Manal, a Palestinian American women’s rights activist, and Heather, a U.S. army reservist, who work together to found Iraq’s first women’s center. After one of their female colleagues is gunned down on a highway, Manal and Heather must decide whether they can keep fighting for Iraqi women if it means risking their own lives. In Sisters in War, Christina Asquith introduces the reader to four women who dare to stand up for their rights in the most desperate circumstances. With compassion and grace, she vividly reveals the plight of women living and serving in Iraq and offers us a vision of how women’s rights and Islam might be reconciled.

Author : Cynthia Toman
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774858168

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An Officer and a Lady by Cynthia Toman Pdf

During the Second World War, more than 4,000 civilian nurses enlisted as Nursing Sisters, a specially created all-female officers' rank of the Canadian Armed Forces. They served in all three armed force branches and all the major theatres of war, yet nursing as a form of war work has long been under-explored. An Officer and a Lady fills that gap. Cynthia Toman analyzes how gender, war, and medical technology intersected to create a legitimate role for women in the masculine environment of the military and explores the incongruous expectations placed on military nurses as "officers and ladies."

Author : Molly Green
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008332518

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A Sister’s War (The Victory Sisters, Book 3) by Molly Green Pdf

⭐ Don’t miss the new uplifting historical saga series from Molly Green, set at famous Bletchley Park: Summer Secrets at Bletchley Park – available to pre-order now! ⭐

Author : Andrea McKenzie
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780774832564

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War-Torn Exchanges by Andrea McKenzie Pdf

Laura Holland and Mildred Forbes, an inseparable duo, set off from Montreal in June 1915 to serve as nursing sisters in the Great War. Over the next four years, the two cared for each other through sickness and health, air raids and bombings, unrelenting work, and adventurous leaves. This thoughtfully curated collection of their letters home paints a vivid account of nursing through the battles of Gallipoli, Passchendaele, and beyond. Mildred and Laura were remarkably forthright, revealing how they relied on friendship, humour, and professional ethics to carry on in the face of mismanagement, discrimination, deprivation, and trauma.

Author : Ruth Cowen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857202246

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A Nurse at the Front by Ruth Cowen Pdf

This, the first in a series of four unique War Diaries produced in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum, will tell a story that is rarely heard: the experiences of a nurse working close to the Western Front in the First World War. Incredibly, Edith Appleton served in France for the whole of the conflict. Her bravery and dedication won her the Military OBE, the Royal Red Cross and the Belgian Queen Elizabeth medal among others. Her diary details with compassion all the horrors of the 'war to end wars', including the first use of poison gas and the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres, but she also records what life was like for nurses and how she spent her time off-duty. There are moments of humour amongst the tragedy, and even lyrical accounts of the natural beauty that still existed amidst all the destruction.

Author : Adrienne Chinn
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008501594

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Love in a Time of War (The Three Fry Sisters, Book 1) by Adrienne Chinn Pdf

The Internationally Bestselling Author of The English Wife ‘Beautifully epic, romantic & rich in detail’ #1 & USA Today bestseller Lorna Cook ‘Sweeping and evocative’ Rosanna Ley Three sistersThe Great WarThe end of innocence...

Author : Clare Gass
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0773528385

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The War Diary of Clare Gass by Clare Gass Pdf

The diary of a nurse who served with the Canadian Army Medical Corps in France during the First World War.

Author : Lauren Willig
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062986177

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Band of Sisters by Lauren Willig Pdf

"A crackling portrayal of everyday American heroines…A triumph." — Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue A group of young women from Smith College risk their lives in France at the height of World War I in this sweeping novel based on a true story—a skillful blend of Call the Midwife and The Alice Network—from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig. A scholarship girl from Brooklyn, Kate Moran thought she found a place among Smith’s Mayflower descendants, only to have her illusions dashed the summer after graduation. When charismatic alumna Betsy Rutherford delivers a rousing speech at the Smith College Club in April of 1917, looking for volunteers to help French civilians decimated by the German war machine, Kate is too busy earning her living to even think of taking up the call. But when her former best friend Emmeline Van Alden reaches out and begs her to take the place of a girl who had to drop out, Kate reluctantly agrees to join the new Smith College Relief Unit. Four months later, Kate and seventeen other Smithies, including two trailblazing female doctors, set sail for France. The volunteers are armed with money, supplies, and good intentions—all of which immediately go astray. The chateau that was to be their headquarters is a half-burnt ruin. The villagers they meet are in desperate straits: women and children huddling in damp cellars, their crops destroyed and their wells poisoned. Despite constant shelling from the Germans, French bureaucracy, and the threat of being ousted by the British army, the Smith volunteers bring welcome aid—and hope—to the region. But can they survive their own differences? As they cope with the hardships and terrors of the war, Kate and her colleagues find themselves navigating old rivalries and new betrayals which threaten the very existence of the Unit. With the Germans threatening to break through the lines, can the Smith Unit pull together and be truly a band of sisters?

Author : Maxene Andrews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Large type books
ISBN : IND:30000044714008

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Over Here, Over There by Maxene Andrews Pdf

Author : Kathy Clark
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781926739830

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Guardian Angel House by Kathy Clark Pdf

Based on the true story of two sisters sheltered from the Nazis by a group of Catholic nuns during World War II. Mama had always told twelve-year-old Susan that there was no safe place for a Jew, especially in German-occupied Hungary in 1944. Susan is skeptical and afraid when she and her little sister, Vera, are sent to a convent to be kept "safe" from the Nazis. Susan and Vera find their lives transformed and soon discover the true nature of courage when they are sheltered by a group of nuns who risk their lives to protect them. "Guardian Angel House" was the nickname given to a convent operated by the Sisters of Charity in Budapest that sheltered over 120 Jewish children in German-occupied Hungary during World War II. This book tells the story of author Kathy Clark's mother and aunt, who were sheltered there by the nuns. Includes historical photographs and notes about the author's family and the Hungarian convent that became known as "Guardian Angel House."

Author : Frederick George Scott
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781398817654

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The Great War as I Saw It by Frederick George Scott Pdf

'May the eyes of Canada never be blind to that glorious light which shines upon our young national life from the deeds of those "who counted not their lives dear unto themselves"'. When World War I broke out in the summer of 1914, the Canadian chaplain Frederick George Scott volunteered for service despite his fears. He spent four long years in the trenches on the western front, where he developed close bonds with his fellow soldiers and sought to maintain his faith while the world around him collapsed into chaos. In evocative language befitting his background as a poet, Scott lays bare the horrors of modern warfare. Filled with heart-wrenching descriptions and tragic detail, The Great War as I Saw It is a powerful meditation on the Canadian experience during World War I and an important look into the life of the ordinary soldier.