The Lieutenant's Nurse
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A USA TODAY BESTSELLER
“An emotional and heartfelt tale of love and courage.” —Chanel Cleeton, bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick Next Year in Havana
November, 1941. She’s never even seen the ocean before, but Eva Cassidy has her reasons for making the crossing to Hawaii, and they run a lot deeper than escaping a harsh Michigan winter. Newly enlisted as an Army Corps nurse, Eva is stunned by the splendor she experiences aboard the steamship SS Lurline; even more so by Lt. Clark Spencer, a man she is drawn to but who clearly has secrets of his own. But Eva’s past—and the future she’s trying to create—means that she’s not free to follow her heart. Clark is a navy intelligence officer, and he warns her that the United States won’t be able to hold off joining the war for long, but nothing can prepare them for the surprise attack that will change the world they know.
In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Eva and her fellow nurses band together for the immense duty of keeping the American wounded alive. And the danger that finds Eva threatens everything she holds dear. Amid the chaos and heartbreak, Eva will have to decide whom to trust and how far she will go to protect those she loves.
Set in the vibrant tropical surroundings of the Pacific, The Lieutenant’s Nurse is an evocative, emotional WWII story of love, friendship and the resilient spirit of the heroic nurses of Pearl Harbor.
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In this appealing novel, Ackerman (Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers) unites a military nurse and a military intelligence officer in the days preceding and during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. In late November 1941, Eva Cassidy has left Michigan to sail on the luxurious ship, the Lurline, to Hawaii, to start a new position in the Army Nurse Corps. While onboard, she meets Lt. Clark Spencer, a Navy linguist who works in communications and has studied Japanese. Eva is drawn to Clark's quiet strength and caring nature even though her boyfriend, Billy, is stationed at Pearl Harbor. Clark starts to let his guard down and cares for Eva in a way he hasn't cared for a woman since the death of his wife, but Eva reveals that she has a boyfriend, ending their budding relationship. Yet nothing prepares Eva for the devastation of the attack on Pearl Harbor as she and her fellow nurses work round the clock to save as many wounded as possible. When Clark turns up among the wounded, Eva begins to consider whether their shipboard romance was more solid than her fleeting long-distance relationship with Billy. Ackerman's winning historical novel is fast-paced and rife with nonstop action, romance, and suspense.
