EAN: 9780778311225

SISTERS OF THE GREAT WAR - SUZANNE FELDMAN KART...

Inspired by real women  this powerful novel tells the story of two unconventional American
sisters who volunteer at the front during World War IAugust 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.

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