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LocationOakland
Call NoF ALW
TitleWhen the world fell silent / Donna Jones Alward.
AuthorAlward, Donna Jones, author.
Barcode529805
CollectionFiction
Summary?1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nora Crowell wants more than her sister’s life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake…
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780008647056 (paperback)
International Standard Book Number 0008647054 (paperback)
Personal Name Alward, Donna Jones, author.
Title Statement When the world fell silent / Donna Jones Alward.
Imprint London : One More Chapter, 2024.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice London : One More Chapter, 2024.
Physical Description 368 p. softcover 20 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent.
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia.
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier.
General Note "A novel of the 1917 Halifax explosion"--Cover.
Summary, Etc. ?1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nora Crowell wants more than her sister’s life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it won’t be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no-one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who treat her like the help. It is baby Aileen, the joy and light of her life, who spurs her to dream of a better life. When tragedy strikes in Halifax Harbour, nothing for these two women will ever be the same again. Their paths will cross in the most unexpected way, trailing both heartbreak and joy its wake…
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Widows Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Nurses Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Military nursing Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical Fiction Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Halifax (N.S.) History Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction. lcgft.