Front Line Nurse, Rosie James
Front Line Nurse, Rosie James
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Front Line Nurse

Author: Rosie James

Narrator: Anna Cordell

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HQ Digital

Published: 08/22/2019


Synopsis

In the Great War, every act of courage counted… Praise for Rosie James: Angelina Green never knew her mother, who left her in a cardboard box by the East London docks on a freezing November night when she was a tiny baby. Saved by a local orphanage, she knows she owes her life to the kindness of others. And she’s determined to repay her debt by working as a nurse. Strong, kind and patient, Angelina is a natural on the ward. But when war breaks out in 1914 and she is sent to The Front, her courage is tested like never before… As war rages around her, a chance meeting with a familiar soldier sends Angelina’s whole world into turmoil. Can she hold her nerve, save the men around her – and protect her heart? Don’t miss this emotional story of one woman’s remarkable courage in the face of the Great War. ‘Front Line Nurse is a wonderful book that gives insight to what nurses went through during the war’ ‘The characters were enjoyable from beginning to the end!’ ‘Fantastic war saga very enthralling and feel good factor. Rosie James doesn’t disappoint and this book was no different she writes with such warmth…Highly recommended’ ‘This was a great piece of historical fiction!’ ‘A delightful story to read’

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren

Thanks to NetGalley, HQ Digital and Rosie James for my copy of her new book : Front Line Nurse. On a cold English night in 1900, Randolph Garfield is walking home after a busy day working at his tobacco importing business and he's in a hurry to get home to his young son Alexander. As he's walking he......more

Goodreads review by Nancy

Angelina Green was found in a box on the street by Randolph Garfield on his way home from work on night in 1900. He took her to the orphanage close by only to find they were to close from lack of funds. He bought the building and kept the orphanage going. He checke don Angelina as she grew up. She w......more

This was a very one- dimensional book. I felt no emotion reading it - despite the fact that some of the situations that Angelina found herself in should have stirred up plenty - and the ‘plot’ was virtually non- existent. (A fairy tale book with an easily predicted, unrealistic ending.) I enjoy a goo......more

Goodreads review by J

Oooh boy. This book was not very well written. There was very little character development with very thin and hollow plotting. It was also full of so many grammatical and spelling errors not to mention exclamation points being overused. This is probably the weakest WWI historical fiction I've read y......more


Quotes

‘Front Line Nurse is a wonderful book that gives insight to what nurses went through during the war’ ‘The characters were enjoyable from beginning to the end!’ ‘Fantastic war saga very enthralling and feel good factor. Rosie James doesn’t disappoint and this book was no different she writes with such warmth…Highly recommended’ ‘This was a great piece of historical fiction!’ ‘A delightful story to read’