A Girl Called Thursday
A Chick Lit, Womens Fiction, Historical book. Okay, call this "cheesy" if you want, but I loved this book....
A terrifically compelling wartime story of love and loss from the author of A SONG AT TWILIGHT.Born at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, Mary and Walter Tilford's baby daughter is named Thursday. It was meant to be a message of hope for the future - but they could not foresee that by the time Thursday celebrated her twenty-first birthday, Britain would once again be at war with Germany. Thursday is determined to help in the war effort and volunteers as a Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse. She is attached to the Royal Navy, and begins her service at Haslar Hospital on the shores of Portsmouth Harbour. The realities of war are brought home to her when the casualties begin to arrive from Dunkirk and Thursday begins to understand the true meaning of courage. While experiencing all the natural hopes and dreams of any young woman, finding pleasure and joy as well as sorrow in her work, Thursday is given her own opportunity to show strength and bravery...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 464 pages
- ISBN: 9780752849508 / 752849506
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Good Book Okay, call this "cheesy" if you want, but I loved this book. It was set in and during my favorite era (WWII, England) so how could I not love this?!! The cheesy part may be that the main character, "Thursday" was a nurse in a Naval Hospital in Portsmouth. Well... what the heck, I couldn't help myself enjoying reading about her experiences... This is the story of Thursday Tilford and her family and is set in world war two. Tired of being an apprenticed tailor she signs up to be a VAD nurse (voluntary aid detachment). There's new friendships, romance and a lot of bombs. It is an enjoyable and easy to read. I don't usually read this type of book but it was recommended by a...
