This unusual perspective on WW I describes no battles only their aftermath: endless processions of the injured in desperate need of care. We share the experiences of two Australian sisters, volunteer nurses, alienated by a guilty secret. Their hospital ship off Gallipoli is torpedoed and they are sent to work in field hospitals first on Lemnos, then on the Western Front. Harrowing and moving yes, but there is humour, friendship, love and humanity too.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 69 Summer 2013 ) |
