Ella’s Promise by Ellen Gable on Amazon An American nurse from Philadelphia named Ella Neumann works in a French hospital camp during World War I. Her cantankerous supervisor, Sr. Nora refuses to promote Ella because she speaks German, and the good sister is wrestling with her hatred of the enemy and the war in general.ContinueContinue reading “Ella’s Promise”
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A World Such as Heaven Intended
A World Such as Heaven Intended on Amazon Amanda Lauer’s CALA-award winning debut novel had me hooked at the very beginning. Deep inside the stately home of her Uncle William, a young Irish lady named Amara McKirnan tends to the wounded of the latest battle. Hers is the only cheerful face the soldiers are likelyContinueContinue reading “A World Such as Heaven Intended”