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OverviewA gritty saga from a debut author set between the wards of Liverpool and the battlefields of Crimea 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kate EasthamPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.277kg ISBN: 9781405935890ISBN 10: 1405935898 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 09 August 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsDeftly written . . . a moving account of loss, as well as self-discovery and achievement * Woman's Own * Author InformationKate 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |