Welcoming to my blog tour stop for The Sea Nurse which is been hosted by Bookouture
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Title: The Sea Nurses
Author: Kate Eastham
Rating: 4
Would I recommend it ? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes
Like always I want to say a huge thank you to the publisher Bookouture , the author Kate Eastham , and to the wonderful ladies of the Bookouture Anonymous Facebook group without them and their hard work and efforts I wouldn't knew about these books and to NetGalley for the invite to join this blog tour as well as letting me read and review it.A story that will pull your at your heart strings from the very first page, it's a story that brings to life the British war nurses of WW 1 and who risked their lives to take care of their patients while abroad the ship hospitals at sea. Of their losses and fears, as well as hardships, of their bravery and strength.It also brings to life the story of the ill-fated HMHS Britannic, sister ship to the infamous RMS Titanic, and the author respectfully portraits the horrors and traumas of her demise on Nov 21st 1916 in the Aegean Sea.She does it in away that she honors the brave men and women who was on that ship. And reminds us never to forget them or the others who fight and never came back from that war as well as remember the ones who did.
Book Description:
The young nurse ran across the wooden deck, her feet skidding. She spotted an injured young man clinging to the ship’s rail, his eyes wide with terror. She could see the water rushing up to meet them. ‘We need to jump!’ she screamed. In that moment, a wave washed over them. She lunged forward to grab his hand, but she was a second too slow. Somewhere, deep inside the vessel, came a loud crack. The hospital ship was breaking apart…1914. Evie Munro is a Scottish fisher girl, working the herring season from Wick to Great Yarmouth. For Evie, every day is the same – gutting fish at the docks, shoulder-to-shoulder with her friends, followed by fresh bread, a warm whiskey toddy and an early night. But when Germany declares war on Britain, everything changes.As her village begins to empty of young men, Evie’s life is marked by a heartbreaking tragedy at home. Her happiness destroyed, she vows to join the war effort as an army nurse, caring for wounded soldiers on the imposing hospital ship Britannic.But as the war rages on and the ship comes under direct fire, Evie’s courage is put to the ultimate test. Can Evie and the nurses of the HMHS Britannic save the day and heal the patients in their care? Or will her life become one more casualty in Britain’s heroic fight for freedom?A heartbreaking wartime saga – guaranteed to have you grabbing for the tissues! Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries, Diney Costeloe and Nancy Revell.
Author Bio:
A change in circumstance meant Kate Eastham made the shift from a career in nursing to being a carer for her partner. Determined to make the most of this new role ‘working from home’ and inspired by an in-depth study of the origins of nursing, she wrote her first novel at the kitchen table. Miss Nightingale’s Nurses was published by Penguin in 2018, closely followed by three more in the series. With her passion for history, Kate aims to make visible the lives of ordinary yet extraordinary women from the past. Her current historical fiction is set during the World Wars and will be published by Bookouture.
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