num_pages: 304
description: She asked dozens of young women to lay their lives on the line during the Great War. Can she protect them?Superintendent of Nurses Julia Stimson must recruit sixty-five nurses to relieve the battle-worn British months before American troops are ready to be deployed. She knows that the young nurses serving near the front lines of will face a challenging situation but nothing could have prepared her for the chaos that awaits when they arrive at British Base Hospital 12 in Rouen France. The primitive conditions a convoluted ineffective system and horrific battle wounds are enough to discourage the most hardened nurses and Julia can do nothing but lead by exampleeven as the military doctors undermine her authority and make her question her very place in the hospital tent.When trainloads of soldiers stricken by a mysterious respiratory illness arrive one after the other overwhelming the hospital's limited resources and threatening the health of her staff Julia faces an unthinkable choiceto step outside the bounds of her profession and risk the career she has fought so hard for or to watch the people she cares for most die in her arms.Based on a true story The War Nurse is a sweeping historical novel by international bestselling author Tracey Enerson Wood that takes readers on an unforgettable journey through WWI France.
language: English
title: The War Nurse
publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark