The Angels of Lovely Lane
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A warm and engrossing novel about three young student nurses at St Angelus Hospital in Liverpool during the early 1960s. 'As heart-warming as it is heartbreaking, this novel is unputdownable' Sunday Express . It is 1953 and five very different girls are arriving at the nurses' home in Lovely Lane , Liverpool, to start their training at St Angelus Hospital. Dana has escaped from her family farm on the west coast of Ireland. Victoria is running away from a debt-ridden aristocratic background. Beth is an army brat and throws her lot in with bitchy Celia Forsyth. And Pammy has come from quite the wrong side of the tracks in Liverpool. The world in which they now find themselves is complicated and hierarchical, with rules that must be obeyed. Everyone has their place at St Angelus and woe betide anyone who strays from it . But when an unknown girl is admitted, after a botched late abortion in a backstreet kitchen, a tragedy begins to unfold which will rock the world of St Angelus to its foundations. Can't wait for the next one? THE CHILDREN OF LOVELY LANE is out now! What people are saying about THE ANGELS OF LOVELY LANE : 'Nadine Dorries's writing is sparkling and vibrant , her books are a joy to read' 'The book was like a dream - difficult to put down ' ' You feel as if you know the characters personally!' 'Enthralling read, can't wait to read more '
Author: Nadine Dorries
Format: Paperback, 336 pages, 145mm x 228mm
Published: 2016, Head of Zeus, United Kingdom
Genre: Romance & Sagas
Description
A warm and engrossing novel about three young student nurses at St Angelus Hospital in Liverpool during the early 1960s. 'As heart-warming as it is heartbreaking, this novel is unputdownable' Sunday Express . It is 1953 and five very different girls are arriving at the nurses' home in Lovely Lane , Liverpool, to start their training at St Angelus Hospital. Dana has escaped from her family farm on the west coast of Ireland. Victoria is running away from a debt-ridden aristocratic background. Beth is an army brat and throws her lot in with bitchy Celia Forsyth. And Pammy has come from quite the wrong side of the tracks in Liverpool. The world in which they now find themselves is complicated and hierarchical, with rules that must be obeyed. Everyone has their place at St Angelus and woe betide anyone who strays from it . But when an unknown girl is admitted, after a botched late abortion in a backstreet kitchen, a tragedy begins to unfold which will rock the world of St Angelus to its foundations. Can't wait for the next one? THE CHILDREN OF LOVELY LANE is out now! What people are saying about THE ANGELS OF LOVELY LANE : 'Nadine Dorries's writing is sparkling and vibrant , her books are a joy to read' 'The book was like a dream - difficult to put down ' ' You feel as if you know the characters personally!' 'Enthralling read, can't wait to read more '
The Angels of Lovely Lane