An enjoyable read about love, courage and discovery during a time of change in post war Britain. A lovely story! KITTY NEALE
When Nurse Kitty becomes the NHS''s poster-girl for its overseas recruitment drive, she swaps the grey post-war backstreets of Manchester for the palm-fringed island of Barbados. But will her determination to save the NHS lose her everyone she loves?
It''s 1949 and nurse Kitty Longthorne is still hard at work at Manchester''s Park Hospital. The one-year-old NHS is inundated by the nation''s sick and dying, made worse by a crippling labour shortage.
Now engaged, Kitty and James adore each other, but once they marry, she will be expected to leave the job that means so much to her. When she is offered the trip of a lifetime - a voyage by sea to Barbados to recruit nurses to join Park Hospital''s ranks - adventurous Kitty is desperate to go. Her brother Ned has been there for years, and she simply cannot resist an oppor
