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Item:145606992984An Ocean Apart. I could not have loved this more and thought about it long after I turned the last page. Publisher : Pan Main Market edition (29 Sept 2022). Based In United Kingdom. This is to ensure you receive each item as speedily as possible.
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An Ocean Apart
Publisher : Pan Main Market edition (29 Sept 2022) Language : English Paperback : 336 pages ISBN-10 : 1529086817 ISBN-13 : 978-1529086812 Dimensions : 13 x 3 x 197 cm
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A beautiful story of friendship new beginnings and love . . . Its a love letter to the women who left behind everything to help heal our country and establish the NHS. I could not have loved this more and thought about it long after I turned the last page. - Kate Thompson author of The Little Wartime LibraryInspired by real life stories of the Windrush Generation and her mothers own experiences as a nurse coming to Britain from the Caribbean Sarah Lees debut novel An Ocean Apart is a must for fans of Call the Midwife.Its 1954 and in Barbados Ruby Haynes spots an advertisement for young women to train as nurses for the new National Health Service in Great Britain. Her sister Connie takes some persuading but soon the sisters are on their way to a new country and a whole new world of experiences.As they start their training in Hertfordshire they discover England isnt quite the promised land; for every door thats opened to them the sisters find many slammed in their faces. And though the girls find friendships with their fellow nurses Connie struggles with being so far from home and keeping secret the daughter she has left behind in search of a better life for the both of them . . .A glorious triumph of a book full of characters that feel like real friends so atmospheric compelling and nostalgic I adored it. - Alex Brown author of A Postcard from Italy Read more
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