An ocean apart /
by Lee, Sarah.
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BookPublisher: London : Macmillan, 2022Description: 432 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781529095586 (hbk.) :; 1529095581 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): West Indians -- Great Britain -- Fiction | Nineteen fifties -- Fiction | General | General Fiction | Herefordshire | c 1950 to c 1959 | Modern & contemporary fiction | Historical fictionSummary: It's 1954 and, in Barbados, Ruby Haynes spots an advertisement for young women to train as nurses for the new National Health Service in Great Britain. Her sister, Connie, takes some persuading, but soon the sisters are on their way to a new country - and a whole new world of experiences. As they start their training in Hertfordshire, they discover England isn't quite the promised land; for every door that's opened to them, the sisters find many slammed in their faces. And though the girls find friendships with their fellow nurses, Connie struggles with being so far from home, and keeping secret the daughter she has left behind in search of a better life for the both of them.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003108758X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 003108458X |
It's 1954 and, in Barbados, Ruby Haynes spots an advertisement for young women to train as nurses for the new National Health Service in Great Britain. Her sister, Connie, takes some persuading, but soon the sisters are on their way to a new country - and a whole new world of experiences. As they start their training in Hertfordshire, they discover England isn't quite the promised land; for every door that's opened to them, the sisters find many slammed in their faces. And though the girls find friendships with their fellow nurses, Connie struggles with being so far from home, and keeping secret the daughter she has left behind in search of a better life for the both of them.
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