A very private diary : a nurse in wartime
Morris, Mary2014
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'The real war started for me today'. So begins the diary of 18-year-old Mary Mulry, a young Irish nurse, newly arrived in London in 1940. Over the next seven years she witnesses many of the pivotal events of the war at first hand. In London during the Blitz she sees a young woman die after a botched abortion, narrowly escapes from the bombing of the Alexandra Hotel, and nurses critically ill children during bombing raids in Woolwich. In Normandy in 1944, arriving on the heels of the D-Day invasion, she nurses Allied soldiers and German prisoners of war. In war-torn Belgium, she records harrowing stories of casualties from the Battle of Arnhem. In these extraordinary diaries we see a young woman coming of age, falling in and out of love several times over.
Main title:
A very private diary : a nurse in wartime / Mary Morris ; edited by Carol Acton.
Author:
Morris, Mary, authorActon, Carol, 1958-, editor
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014.London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2014.
Collation:
xvi, 320 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780297871552 (hbk)9780297871569 (ePub ebook)0297871552
Dewey class:
940.5'475'41'092940.547541092610.73092610.73920MOR920 MOR610.7
Local class:
610.73B MUL
Language:
English
Subject:
Morris, Mary -- DiariesNurses -- Great Britain -- DiariesNurses -- Ireland -- DiariesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Great Britain -- SourcesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- France -- SourcesWarfare and DefenceWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Medical careHealth and WellbeingHealth and Fitness
Index terms:
World War IIWorld War 2World War twoSecond World War
BRN:
516516