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In Falling Snow
A vivid and
compelling story of love, war and secrets, set against the backdrop of
WWI France. 'In the beginning, it was the summers I remembered - long
warm days under the palest blue skies, the cornflowers and
forget-me-nots lining the road through the Lys forest, the buzz of
insects going about their work, Violet telling me lies.' Iris is getting
old. A widow, her days are spent living quietly and worrying about her
granddaughter, Grace, a headstrong young doctor. It's a small sort of
life. But one day an invitation comes for Iris through the post to a
reunion in France, where she served in a hospital during WWI. Determined
to go, Iris is overcome by the memories of the past, when as a shy,
naive young woman she followed her fifteen-year-old brother, Tom, to
France in 1914 intending to bring him home. On her way to find Tom, Iris
comes across the charismatic Miss Ivens, who is setting up a field
hospital in the old abbey of Royaumont, north of Paris. Putting her
fears aside, Iris decides to stay at Royaumont, and it is there that she
truly comes of age, finding her capability and her strength,
discovering her passion for medicine, making friends with the vivacious
Violet and falling in love. But war is a brutal thing, and when the
ultimate tragedy happens, there is a terrible price that Iris has to
pay, a price that will echo down the generations. A moving and uplifting
novel about the small, unsung acts of heroism of which love makes us
capable.
| Title | : | In Falling Snow |
| Edition Language | : | English |
| ISBN | : | 1743311214 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 pages |
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