District Nurse on Call: 2 (Steeple Street Series) - Softcover

Douglas, Donna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784757152 ISBN 13: 9781784757151

Verlag: Arrow, 2017

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THE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PRE-ORDER NOW!*****West Yorkshire, 1926. After completing her training in Steeple Street, Agnes Sheridan is looking forward to making her mark as Bowden's first district nurse, confident she can make a difference in the locals' lives. But when Agnes arrives, she's treated with suspicion, labelled just another servant of the wealthy mine owners., The locals would much rather place their trust in the resident healer - Hannah Arkwright. And when the General Strike throws the village into turmoil, the miners and their families face hunger and hardship, and Agnes finds her loyalties tested. Now it's time to prove whose side she is really on and to fight for her place in the village ., . . 'Full of well drawn characters and intriguing relationships., Donna Douglas skilfully charts her heroine's attempts to be accepted . . ., uncovering secrets, heartbreak and lost loves along the way!'Mary Gibson, author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts

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"The second book in Sunday Times bestseller Donna Douglas's Nurses of Steeple Street series.
West Yorkshire, 1926. After completing her training in Steeple Street, Agnes Sheridan is looking forward to making her mark as Bowden's first district nurse, confident she can make a difference in the locals’ lives." (from the publisher's description)

"A very well researched and vivid portrayal of a close knit mining community facing poverty, hardship and danger during the momentous year of 1926. I was quickly drawn into this story, full of well drawn characters and intriguing relationships. Donna Douglas skilfully charts her heroine's attempts to be accepted by the proud and often hostile community she serves - uncovering secrets, heartbreak and lost loves along the way!" (Mary Gibson, author of Custard Tarts and Broken Hearts)

"[A] story of grit and determination" (The People’s Friend *****)

"Readers are sure to be hooked from the very first page of this wonderfully written and wholly absorbing saga... A fascinating, compelling and outstanding read saga fans will not want to miss, District Nurse On Call is another winner by Donna Douglas" (Bookish Jottings)

"I absolutely and totally flipping well LOVED this book... I award this book 5* out of 5* but I would award it more stars if I could because it really is that good" (Ginger Book Geek)

Biografía del autor:

Donna Douglas lives in York with her husband and two cats. They have a grown-up daughter. When she is not busy writing, she is generally reading, watching Netflix or drinking cocktails. Sometimes all at the same time.

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• Verlag: Arrow
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1784757152
• ISBN 13: 9781784757151
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448