War-Torn Exchanges: The Lives and Letters of Nursing Sisters Laura Holland and Mildred Forbes - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0774832533 ISBN 13 : 9780774832533

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2016

Synopsis

Laura Holland and Mildred Forbes, an inseparable duo, set off from Montreal in June 1915 to serve as nursing sisters in the Great War. Over the next four years, the two cared for each other through sickness and health, air raids and bombings, unrelenting work, and adventurous leaves. This thoughtfully curated collection of their letters home paints a vivid account of nursing through the battles of Gallipoli, Passchendaele, and beyond. Mildred and Laura were remarkably forthright, revealing how they relied on friendship, humour, and professional ethics to carry on in the face of mismanagement, discrimination, deprivation, and trauma.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andrea McKenzie is an associate professor at York University in Toronto.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774832533
• ISBN 13: 9780774832533
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Éditeur: McKenzie Andrea
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