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I very much enjoyed this book. It has a good story and excellent main characters. I would definately recommend this book.
This is my first book by this author but it will not be my last. Most of the story takes place before and after WWI and is more concerned with the love story than the heroine’s time on the front lines. It's warm, moving and I recommend it.
Wonderful saga loved the characters the storyline looking forward to reading more by this author .Love sitting down opening anew book and being transported back in time #netgalley#hq
Lovely feel good read. It was well written and flowed well. I enjoyed it very much. The plot was good and interesting. Hard to put down
Excellent storyline. Loved this book from beginning to end.
Writing was amazing.
Can’t wait to read another book by this author
This is my first book by this author but it will not be my last. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the life of Angelina the young baby found and given into the local orphanage by business man Randolph Garfield. Angelina made a big difference to people’s lives starting with the orphanage being kept open by Randolph. Angelina never realised the effect she had on everyone’s lives that she touched. During the Great War she definitely didn’t take the easy option and she was soon helping to keep the poor young men alive on the frontline. I highly recommend this book
Great characters and enjoyed the period in which the book was set. It felt authentic and well researched. Very well written and I really liked the writing style. Rosie James is a new name to me but I will look out for more from her in the future and I hope she writes more historical/war sagas!
I really enjoyed the plot..
I give this book 5****
Cant wait for other books
This era which book is set in is great
Thanks to NetGalley, HQ Digital and Rosie James for my copy of her new book : Front Line Nurse.
On a cold English night in 1900, Randolph Garfield is walking home after a busy day working at his tobacco importing business and he's in a hurry to get home to his young son Alexander. As he's walking he hears a noise and he finds a abandoned new born baby girl in a cardboard box and he takes her to the near by orphanage.
He knocks on the door and meets Emma Kingston the superintendent of the orphanage. He's walked past it many times, he's never given a thought to how many children live there and he is shocked to find out it's going to be closed in a couple of weeks due to lack of funds.
He decides to become the orphanages new benefactor, both Mr Garfield and his son Alexander visit the orphanage often, they witness little baby Angelina grow up and enjoy the visiting the other children.
When she and her friend Ruby turn 14 they leave the orphanage, they move into a boarding house and start working. Ruby starts working at the near by hairdressers and Angelina dreams of one day being a nurse.
She applies to be a nurse, she is quickly accepted due to WWI having just started and they need as many nurses as they can train.
The story is about Angelina's experiences as a nurse during the great war, the information is accurate for the time, you read how horrible it was in the trenches, the terrible wounds, how they set up tent hospitals, how casualty clearing stations worked, the huge loss of life and the side effects of what we now call shell shock.
I really enjoyed Front Line Nurse it's a great book and you fall in love with the character's. The kind Mr Garfield, his handsome son Alexander, sweet kind Ruby, strong determinant Angelina, and the steady influence of Mrs Kingston. I gave the book four stars and it's a delightful story to read.
The author did a brilliant job of capturing the time period in this novel. The characters and plot were also well written. This was a great piece of historical fiction!
Fantastic war saga very enthralling and feel good factor. Rosie James doesn’t disappoint and this book was no different she writes with such warmth. This story concentrates on an orphan and what can be achieved when a person is driven to go for what they want. Great characters and highly recommended
This book was a good look at the front line nurses during that time period the author wrote this really well it gave me a lot of insight and the characters were enjoyable from beginning to the end!
Front Line Nurse is a wonderful book that gives insight to what nurses went through during the war. This is a enjoyable book with great characters.
Angelina Green was found in a box on the street by Randolph Garfield on his way home from work on night in 1900. He took her to the orphanage close by only to find they were to close from lack of funds. He bought the building and kept the orphanage going. He checke don Angelina as she grew up. She wanted ot be a nurse and worked to train to be one as soon as she could. She was so good she was sent to France during the war. The story gives some insight as to what it was like to be a nurse then. The story follows her life until she marries. Those nurses showed such courage with the work they did.