The Nightingale Girls

Nightingales 1

Donna Douglas

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English

Arrow
15 August 2012

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Nightingales

The first in a series of novels following the lives and loves of three girls who sign up in 1936 as nurses in the East End.

Three very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Dora is a tough East Ender, driven by ambition, but also desperate to escape her squalid, overcrowded home and her abusive stepfather. Helen is the quiet one, a mystery to her fellow nurses, avoiding fun, gossip and the limelight. In fact she is in the formidable shadow of her overbearing mother, who dominates every aspect of her life. Can a nursing career free Helen at last? The third of our heroines is naughty, rebellious Millie an aristocrat on the run from her conventional upper class life. She is doomed to clash over and over again with terrifying Sister Hyde and to get into scrape after scrape especially where men are concerned.

This utterly delightful novel brings a London pre-war hospital vividly to life.

By: Donna Douglas
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 345g
ISBN: 9780099569350
ISBN 10: 0099569353
Series: Nightingales
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 15 August 2012
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Donna Douglas lives in York with her husband and two cats. They have a grown-up daughter. When she is not busy writing, she is generally reading, watching Netflix or drinking cocktails. Sometimes all at the same time.

Reviews for The Nightingale Girls: (Nightingales 1)

A gripping coming-of-age drama about life and love on the wards of a pre-war London hospital. * Weightwatchers Magazine * A touching novel...reminiscent of Call The Midwife * Star Magazine * Excellent characters...absorbing story...I look forward to the next instalment in the lives of these interesting women. * Bookersatz * Fans of Call the Midwife will enjoy this * Woman's Own * With some nice romantic elements and sub-plots that are ripe for development in future, this is a great start to a new series of books and I'm already looking forward to The Nightingale Sisters 4/5 * One More Page Blog *