The forgotten daughter
By: Mary Wood
Series: The girls who went to war trilogy -- 1
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9781509850525
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918; Red Cross and Red Crescent; Fiction; Secrecy; Women nurses; War work; Nannies
Description: From a tender age, Flora felt unloved and unwanted by her parents, but she finds safety in the arms of caring nanny Pru. But when Pru is cast out of the family home, under a shadow of secrets, and with a young baby boy of her own to care for, it shatters little Flora. But over the years, Flora and Pru meet in secret - unbeknown to Flora's parents. Pru becomes the mother to flora she never had, and Flora grows into a fine young woman. When Flora signs up to become a nurse with the St John's ambulance, she begins to shape her life. But the drum of war beats loudly and Flora's world is turned upside down when she receives a letter asking her to join the Red Cross in Poland. With the fate of the country in the balance, it's a time for bravery.