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Wives of War

By: Soraya M. Lane
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
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London, 1944. Two young nurses meet at a train station with a common purpose: to join the war effort. Scarlet longs for the chance to find her missing fiancé, Thomas, and to prove to her family - and to herself - that she's stronger than everybody thinks. Nursing is in Ellie's blood, but her humble background is vastly different from Scarlet's privileged upbringing. Though Ellie puts on a brave face, she's just as nervous as Scarlet about what awaits them in France.

In Normandy, the two friends soon encounter the seemingly unflappable Lucy. Scarlet and Ellie are in awe of her courage and competence, but the experienced nurse is well aware of the dangers of the job they've chosen - and even she is terrified they won't make it home alive.

Pushed to their limits by the brutality of a world at war, Scarlet, Ellie and Lucy will need to rely on each other - and the power of their friendship - to survive.

©2017 Soraya Lane (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. 20th Century Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance War & Military Women's Fiction War
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What did you like most about Wives of War?

About the young nurses from different backgrounds

What did you like best about this story?

When Scarlett met her fiancee brother james

Which character – as performed by Heather Wilds – was your favourite?

Scarlett and Ellie

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes it was.

Any additional comments?

Wonderful story line told by narrator

Wives of war

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This book is so well written it's like you are there with the characters had me in tears so amazing

Great read not to be missed

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The story line was nothing out of the ordinary but flowed well. The narrator had a deathly boring monotonous voice...it would have been better to have read the book.

Average war book

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Interesting to hear perspectives of nurses in WWII. Quite hard to get over the slightly odd narration though. Her voice representations were okay, but the parts in between just sounded weird. ‘She said’ especially.

If you can get past that though, the book itself is entertaining.

Narration felt unnatural but a good story

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What did you like best about Wives of War? What did you like least?

Interesting story with an excellent, well-thought out plot.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator was really boring to listen to and didn't lend any expression to her retelling. Honestly, it did put me off the book.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Yes, absolutely.

Really good story, let down by narration

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