When the World Fell Silent

When the World Fell SilentDescription By Donna Jones Alward Paperback 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Nora Crowell wants more than her sisters life as a wife and mother. As WWI rages across the Atlantic, she becomes a lieutenant in the Canadian Army Nursing Corps. But trouble is looming and it wont be long before the truth comes to light. Having lost her beloved husband in the trenches and with no one else to turn to, Charlotte Campbell now lives with his haughty relations who

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