The bestseller!USA Today
Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that reveals the secret letters and heartache of Alice Le Breton, a young volunteer nurse who worked in a casualty clearing station near the front line.
Set in the present day and during the horrifying years of the war, both women discover deep down the strength and courage to carry on in even the most difficult of times. Through Aliceâs words and her unfailing love for her sweetheart at the front, Gemma learns to truly live again.
This epic historical novel will take your breath away.
Readers are falling in love with :The Poppy Field
full of hope and happinessâBoth heartbreaking andâ Pam, Goodreads
Exceptionalââ Cassieâs Books
highly enjoyableâA beautifully written, readâ Nickiâs Book Blog
One to watchââGood Housekeeping
beautiful, heartbreakingâA novel of war and loss and the resilience of the human spiritâRosemary, Netgalley Reader