Nurse Kitty's Secret War
A novel inspired by the brave nurses and doctors from the first NHS hospital
by Maggie Campbell
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Pub Date 10 Dec 2020 | Archive Date 3 Sep 2020
Orion Publishing Group | Trapeze
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Description
A novel inspired by the brave nurses and doctors from the first NHS hospital, the Trafford General, opened after the end of World War II. An inspiring and romantic read for fans of Call the Midwife and The Nightingale Girls.
It's May 1945 and at 3pm, nurse Kitty Longthorne listens, together with the other surgical staff at South Manchester's Park Hospital, to Winston Churchill's broadcast on the radio. Germany has signed a declaration of complete surrender. The war is over in Europe and that day is to be celebrated as VE Day.
The mood in Park Hospital - still full of wounded American soldiers - is jubilant and hopeful, though Kitty is anything but. Her clandestine squeeze and the man she hopes to marry, James Williams has been giving her the cold shoulder for the last week, and she can't work out why. Furthermore, her twin brother, Ned, is still missing in action - his last known whereabouts point to him being in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
An uplifting, heart-wrenching novel based on the true story of the first ever NHS hospital, for fans of Donna Douglas and Nancy Revell.
Praise for NURSE KITTY'S SECRET WAR
A galloping read that conjures up life in a late 1940s hospital, complete with fierce matrons and handsome doctors. Nurse Kitty is a feisty heroine who sticks her neck out to protect her patients, while trying to resolve her own family problems and heal her broken heart. It's engaging and atmospheric. - Gill Paul
I'm sure readers will love Nurse Kitty as she struggles to find true love when everything is going against it. I loved the end-of-WW2 setting, which is vividly imagined, and the sheer energy of Maggie Campbell's pacy prose. A perfect escapist read. - Kitty Danton, author of A Wartime Wish
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781409191773 |
| PRICE | £6.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 352 |
Featured Reviews
Lucy C, Reviewer
This is a totally new style for me to read, I am not usually into war, but seeing as this was a sampler I thought I would give it a try.
Wow, I am so glad I did, I love Nurse Kitty already. Her poor brother is prisioner of war in Japan. Her father has just come out of prison and trying to locate her mother. Kitty is in love with James who seems to have gone cold on her.
I can not believe this sampler has left us on tenderhooks, I need to finish this book now, do we really have to wait until September.
jeanie m, Reviewer
With thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
Oh gosh absolutely love this can't wait to read more feel as if I've just been left in limbo can highly recommend
Booklover B, Reviewer
I loved reading this sample and look forward to reading the full book of nurse kitty longthorne just as the war has ended will she continue her hard work at Manchester park hospital and if romance blossoms with doctor James williams and also her family especially her mother and brother. Thank you for giving me the first few chapters to enjoy such an enjoyable read
Booklover BEV
Jo G, Reviewer
Totally enjoyed what I read of this book was gutted when I got to the end. I wanted so much to find out what happened to the characters. Love this time nurses and doctors getting together healing those angels from god no matter what nationality everyone was treated the same. Will definitely be purchasing the full book.
Angela S, Reviewer
If you like Family saga, wartime and nursing this is the book for you. Based in the first NHS hospital loved the different characters how they come from different walks of life and how they come together as one in times of crisis
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