Teresa Messineo

The Fire by Night (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Teresa Messineo's The Fire by Night is a powerful World War II novel about two U.S. military nurses that illuminates women's unsung heroism. An International Bestseller In war-torn France, Jo McMahon, an Italian-Irish girl from Brooklyn's tenements, tends to six seriously wounded soldiers in a makeshift medical unit. Enemy bombs have destroyed her hospital convoy, and now Jo singlehandedly struggles to keep her patients and herself alive in a cramped and freezing tent close to German troops. There is a growing tenderness between her and one of her patients, a Scottish officer, but Jo's heart is seared by the pain of all she has lost and seen. Nearing her breaking point, she fights to hold on to joyful memories-the times she shared with her best friend, Kay, whom she met in nursing school. Half a world away in the Pacific, Kay is trapped in a squalid Japanese POW camp in Manila, one of thousands of Allied men, women, and children whose fates rest in the hands of a sadistic enemy. Far from the safety of her small childhood Pennsylvania coal town, Kay clings to memories of her happy days posted in Hawaii, and the handsome flyer who swept her off her feet in the weeks before Pearl Harbor. Surrounded by cruelty and death, Kay battles to maintain her sanity and save lives as best she can . . . and live to see her beloved friend Jo once more. When the conflict at last comes to an end, Jo and Kay discover that to achieve their own peace, they must find their place-and the hope of love-in a world that's forever changed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062459121
• Artikelnr.: 45436911

Autorenporträt

Teresa Messineospent seven years researching the history behind The Fire by Night, her first novel. She is a graduate of DeSales University, and her varied interests include homeschooling her four children, volunteering with the underprivileged, medicine, swing dancing, and competitive athletics. She lives in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Rezensionen

"A luminous once-in-a-lifetime story of war, love, loss and the enduring grace of the human spirit. I can't remember the last time I was so deeply moved by a novel. You must read this book!" Lauren Willig, author of the Pink Carnation series and THE OTHER DAUGHTER