The Poppy Field
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English
Expected delivery time 14-30 days
Book information
HarperCollins Publishers
UK
2018
Paperback
400
Standard
296186
978-0-00-830101-9
0-00-830101-8
Historical fiction
Annotation
Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that reveals the secret letters and heartache of Alice Le Breton, a young volunteer nurse who worked in a casualty clearing station near the front line. Set in the present day and during the horrifying years of the war, both woman discover deep down the strength and courage to carry on in even the most difficult of times. Through Alice's words and her unfailing love for her sweetheart at the front, Gemma learns to truly live again. This epic historical novel will take your breath away.
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