The Nightingale Nurses
by:
Donna Douglas (author)
Title: Nightingale Nurses Binding: Paperback Author: Donna Douglas Publisher: ARROW
Title: Nightingale Nurses Binding: Paperback Author: Donna Douglas Publisher: ARROW
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099585145 (0099585146)
ASIN: 99585146
Publish date: October 24th 2013
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Series: Nightingale Nurses (#1)
I requested The Nightingale Girls because it immediately reminded me of Call The Midwife. Set in London's East End during the 30s it follows three young girls in The Nightingale, a training hospital for nurses. It wasn't for me, unfortunately. I felt too little history and way to much soap opera. Be...
Although there is a lot of romance in the plotlines of this book, but it is definitely in the women's fiction genre. The books were published in the wake of the popularity of Call The Midwife (book and television show), but there is very little nursing since the main characters are in training. Th...
If you loved the PBS series Call the Midwife, these books are perfect for you. The story tells of three girls from vastly different backgrounds training for the honor of being a Nightingale. And make no mistake, back in the 1930’s, it was more about who you were or who your parents knew, that got yo...
This was well written, light and fun. I admit I only wanted to read it because I finished watching Call the Midwife and the Crimson Field and wanted more on Nurses at that time. It certainly was not disappointing, the three main characters were interesting as you slowly got to know them, some real...
I like Call The Midwives on BBC, so when I received a NetGalley email advertising a historical fiction novel that was supposed to be very similar, I decided to take a chance outside my usual time periods and give it a whirl.The Nightingale Girls follows three trainee nurses in 1930s London. There’s...
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