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Mercy Road
Mercy Road | Ann Howard Creel
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Inspired by the true story of the World War I American Women's Hospital, Mercy Road is a novel about love, courage, and a female ambulance driver who risks everything. In 1917, after Arlene Favier's home burns to the ground, taking her father with it, she must find a way to support her mother and younger brother. If she doesn't succeed, they will all be impoverished. Job opportunities are scarce, but then a daring possibility arises: the American Women's Hospital needs ambulance drivers to join a trailblazing, all-female team of doctors and nurses bound for war-torn France. On the front lines, Arlene and her fellow ambulance drivers work day and night to aid injured soldiers and civilians. In between dangerous ambulance runs, Arlene reunites with a childhood friend, Jimmy Tucker, now a soldier, who opens her heart like no one before. But she has also caught the attention of Felix Brohammer, a charismatic army captain who harbors a dark, treacherous secret. To expose Brohammer means risking her family's future and the promise of love. Arlene must make a choice: stay in the safety of silence or take the greatest chance of her life.
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starlight97
Mercy Road | Ann Howard Creel
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Fearless female health care workers during the World Wars? Gimme all! 💕💊💉

#NursesOfLitsy @HOTPock3tt

Crazeedi Have you read the Bess Crawford books by Charles Todd? Shes a ww1 nurse 4y
starlight97 @Crazeedi haven't heard about it but now I'm intrigued! 4y
Crazeedi @starlight97 you might enjoy 4y
starlight97 @Crazeedi thanks for the recommendation! 4y
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SassyBookworm
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Absolutely loved this book! Captured me right from the beginning because Arlene is a Kentucky girl! After the devastation of the family farm to a fire and the loss of her father Arlene has to find a way to keep her family‘s hopes and dreams alive. So she joins up with the American Woman‘s Hospital as an ambulance driver. See my full review on Goodreads.com/Chrysta23

#SassyBookworm😏 #ARC #MercyRoad #HistoricalFiction #KentuckyGirls

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xxjenadanxx
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I‘m a huge fan of Historical Fiction, especially surrounding the World Wars, and I really enjoyed this book - mostly. I was drawn in immediately by the story, as the action starts on the very first line. And its a true story! However the writing style is a bit cut and dry more like a nonfiction book is. It doesn't hurt the story much, but I think it does prevent you from connecting to the characters as much as you might expect to.

#netgalley arc

Texreader Great review 5y
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xxjenadanxx
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Reading an ARC from #netgalley and waiting in the car rider line to pickup my niece from her first day of 8th grade! Then on to our tradition of first day ice cream :)

bexreadsbooks I love that case! 5y
xxjenadanxx @bexreadsbooks thank you! It's a million years old but I love it too! Amazon for the win! 5y
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Mercy Road | Ann Howard Creel
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Reading an ARC from #netgalley and waiting in the car rider line to pickup my niece from her first day of 8th grade! Then on to our tradition of first day ice cream :)

TheSpineView That's great that you have a cool tradition! 5y
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