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Fetch Nurse Connie

Jean Fullerton author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:4th Jun '15

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Jean Fullerton returns with more tales from London's East End

London, 1945 and as the end of the war is declared and the troops start returning home, the nurses of the East End are joining in the celebrations.

For Nurse Connie Byrne the end of the war signals the beginning of a new chapter and as the revelries go on around the city, Connie's mind is on another celebration that she'll be able to arrange - the wedding to her sweetheart, Charlie, set to take place as soon as he arrives home. But when Connie meets Charlie off the train at London Bridge, she finds that his homecoming isn't quite going to go according to plan...

Connie's busy professional life, and the larger-than-life patients in the district, offer a welcome distraction, but for how long? If nursing in the East End has taught Connie anything, it's that life is full of surprises...

A delightful, well researched story that really does depict nursing and the living conditions in the East End at the end of the war

...the characters are well rounded, the period and political details evoke nostalgia, and the patient's stories are convincingly and vividly told... The writing shines off the page and begs for a sequel - Historical Novel Society

Warmth, humour and characters readers care about, are Fullerton's hallmarks - Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Charming and full of detail about the work of a nurse in 1940s London, you will ride emotional highs and lows with each new birth and death. Beautifully written with some sharp dialogue - The Lady

ISBN: 9781409151128

Dimensions: 201mm x 167mm x 26mm

Weight: 275g

384 pages