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A heartbreaking story of love and forgiveness in The Nightingale Daughters series from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas. Perfect for fans of Call the Midwife!_______________London's East End, 1940: a frightened young woman gives birth to a tiny baby. Clearly alone, she refuses to hold the child: she can't let herself bond with the baby she must give up. But sometime in the night, a terrifying air raid forces the maternity unit to evacuate, and in the chaos, mother and baby are separated...Eighteen years later, student nurse Amy begins her career at the Nightingale Hospital. Finally away from the unhappy confines of home, she finds a friend and mentor in Sister Elizabeth Clyde. But Elizabeth is hiding a secret - one that could change both of their lives, forever...Will past mistakes destroy two families, or can love finally put an end to heartbreak?

Tearaway Viv¿s fragile truce with her grandmother is threatened when her flighty mother suddenly shows up from America and expects to pick up where she left off. It¿s what Viv¿s always dreamed of - but is she ready for the drama Pauline brings with her?Helen finds herself playing surrogate mother to her French niece Katrine, while keeping their family relationship a secret from the rest of the Nightingale staff. However, independent Kat is determined to do things her way, and break the rules. But underneath it all, she is lost. She is in a foreign country, still mourning the loss of her mother. She is desperate for love, but is she looking in the wrong place?At the same time, Helen is still coming to terms with the end of her marriage to David, a man she still loves. We discover the reason behind their break-up - an illness left Helen unable to have children, and she wanted to give David the chance to be a father. But can love conquer all?

The beloved Sunday Times bestselling author is back with a new, long-awaited Nightingale novel.It's a brand new era at the Nightingale Hospital, and Donna Douglas's readers are in for a treat..._________________________It's 1957, and three young women are beginning their nursing training at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in London's East End...Winnie is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a nurse, despite her family's desire for her to settle down and marry her sweetheart.Cat has been sent to the Nightingale by her father, who hopes the hospital can instil some discipline into his happy-go-lucky daughter.Diana has spent her life making up for the loss of her beloved sister, Elspeth, by being the perfect daughter. But how long can she go on trying when her mother hardly seems to notice her?With a steep learning curve ahead, will the Nightingale Daughters rise to the challenge?

The third in a dramatic and heartwarming new series of saga novels from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas, set in Yorkshire during World War II.

A sweeping new saga series from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas, set in Yorkshire during World War II.

Für Fans von »Call the Midwife«Yorkshire, 1926. Die junge Gemeindeschwester Agnes Sheridan freut sich auf ihre neue Aufgabe in der kleinen Gemeinde Bowden. Doch schon bald muss sie feststellen, dass die Dorfbewohner ihr Vertrauen lieber der alteingesessenen Heilerin schenken als einer zugezogenen Krankenschwester aus der Stadt. Als dramatische Ereignisse die Menschen in Bowden erschüttern, will Agnes ihnen beweisen, dass sie bereit ist, für das Wohl ihrer Patienten zu kämpfen - doch wird sie ihr Vertrauen gewinnen?Donna Douglas wuchs in London auf. Ihre Serie um die Krankenschwestern des Londoner Nightingale Hospitals schaffte es unter die Top 10 der SUNDAY- TIMES- sowie auf die SPIEGEL-Bestsellerliste.

The first in a sweeping new series of saga novels from Sunday Times bestselling author Donna Douglas, set in Yorkshire during World War II.

THE BRAND NEW NIGHTINGALES NOVELBY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLAS***It's Christmas, 1945. As rehearsals begin however, it seems the show isn't just a tonic for the patients - could the Nightingale Christmas Show be just what the doctor ordered for the nurses too?

Der Auftakt einer neuen Serie von Spiegel- und Sunday-Times-Bestsellerautorin Donna DouglasTauchen Sie ein ins Yorkshire der 1930er Jahre und entdecken Sie die Welt der Gemeindeschwestern aus der Steeple Street – eine Geschichte der großen Gefühle und brisanten Geheimnisse, erzählt mit wunderbar nostalgischem CharmeDie ehrgeizige junge Krankenschwester Agnes Sheridan hatte eine hoffnungsvolle Zukunft vor sich, als ein folgenschwerer Fehler ihre Träume jäh platzen ließ. Nachdem Sie ihre große Liebe und den Respekt ihrer Familie verloren hat, kommt sie nach Leeds, um dort als Gemeindeschwester einen Neuanfang zu wagen.Doch die Arbeit der Gemeindeschwestern unterscheidet sich weit mehr von dem, was Agnes zuvor an einem Londoner Krankenhaus gelernt hat, als sie je vermutet hätte. Denn Agnes soll sich ausgerechnet um die Patienten in Quarry Hill kümmern – einem der berüchtigtsten Viertel der Gegend, wo die Menschen in äußerster Armut leben. Bevor Agnes diese neue Herausforderung annehmen kann, muss sie zunächst das Vertrauen ihrer neuen Patienten gewinnen. Doch die Menschen in Quarry Hill begegnen der hübschen jungen Frau mit größtem Misstrauen.Wird es Agnes gelingen, ihr Vertrauen doch noch zu gewinnen? Und wird sie eine neue Chance für die Liebe bekommen – oder wird ihre Vergangenheit ihrem Glück im Weg stehen?Für Fans von Serien wie Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife und Charité."Eine weitere großartige Serie von Donna Douglas – wie macht sie das nur? Voll schillernder Figuren, Witz, Gefühl, Hoffnung und Klugheit." - Amazon.Donna Douglas wuchs in London auf, lebt jedoch inzwischen mit ihrem Ehemann in York. Ihre Serie um die Krankenschwestern des Londoner Nightingale Hospitals wurde in England zu einem Riesenerfolg und schaffte es unter die Top 10 der SUNDAY-TIMES-Bestsellerliste. Nach dem sensationelle Erfolg dieser Romane hat sie nun mit Die Schwestern aus der Steeple Street den Auftakt einer weiteren Serie vorgelegt, die im Yorkshire der 1920er Jahre angesiedelt ist. Neben ihrer Arbeit an weiteren Romanen schreibt die Autorin regelmäßig für verschiedene Zeitungen. Mehr über Donna Douglas und ihre Bücher erfahren Sie unter <a href="http://www.donnadouglas.co.uk">www.donnadouglas.co.uk</a> oder auf ihrem Blog unter donnadouglasauthor.wordpress.com.

For the first time, a Nightingale nurses novel set during the First World War. But the legacy of her family may not be so easy to escape... As the shadow of war descends, will the promise of Christmas help to bring the students together?

THE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PRE-ORDER NOW!*****West Yorkshire, 1926.

Christmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet. With shortages everywhere, and every news bulletin announcing more defeats and losses, the British people are weary and demoralised and The Nightingale Hospital is suffering too. Millie is recently widowed and dealing with the demands of her family's estate.

All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas... The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war.

Ambitious young nurse Agnes Sheridan had a promising future ahead of her until a tragic mistake brought all her dreams crashing down and cost her the love and respect of everyone around her. Now she has come to Leeds for a fresh start as a trainee district nurse. But Agnes finds herself facing unexpected challenges...

As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country... Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes back to work at the Nightingale Hospital. More used to nights out in the West End, Jennifer and Cissy volunteer in the hope of tending to handsome soldiers.

But while everyone else worries about the future of the Nightingale, it's for her own future that Kathleen truly fears. As the country prepares itself for war, one thing is for sure - by the time next Christmas comes, nothing at the Nightingale Hospital will be the same again...

From the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses - perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDora and her old enemy Lucy are paired up on the children's ward for the final three months of their training.

Helen is at a crossroads in her life as she battles with her domineering mother over both her love life and her future career. Dora can't stop loving Nick, who is married to her best friend, Ruby. But Ruby is hiding a dark secret with the potential to destroy Ruby's marriage.

To the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards.

Three very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Helen is the quiet one, a mystery to her fellow nurses, avoiding fun, gossip and the limelight.