A Rose for the Anzac Boys edition by Jackie French Children eBooks
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The 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women. the 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific scale in the trenches of France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen-year-old New Zealander Midge Macpherson, at school in England learning to be a young lady. But the war is coming closer Midge's brothers are in the army, and her twin, tim, is listed as 'missing' in the devastating defeat of the Anzac forces at Gallipoli . Desperate to do their bit - and avoid the boredom of school and the restrictions of Society - Midge and her friends Ethel and Anne start a canteen in France, caring for the endless flow of wounded soldiers returning from the front. Midge, recruited by the over-stretched ambulance service, is thrust into carnage and scenes of courage she could never have imagined. And when the war is over, all three girls - and their Anzac boys as well - discover that even going 'home' can be both strange and wonderful. Exhaustively researched but written with the lightest of touches, this is Jackie French at her very best. Ages 12+
A Rose for the Anzac Boys edition by Jackie French Children eBooks
I've been reading a lot of English-language histories, memoirs, and diaries of women, mostly nurses, who worked in France during WWI, as background to re-enacting a French Red Cross volunteer in a cantine. All of these are moving, but many are colored by the conventions of their time (look at the positive, protect those at home from terrible realities, glorify or romanticize the roles or effort, depending on the agenda or needs of the writer). Many are hard to wade through, although all contribute to our understanding of that unforgivable war.Unlike the historical record, "A Rose..." is a first-person novel, based on solid research, told from the perspective of a New Zealand teenager who goes to France to run a railway canteen with two British friends. These things happened in reality. It pulls no punches, and preaches no sermons. It provides a convincing, emotionally honest story of one young woman's losses and maturation. The age of the protagonist doesn't make it YA--it can be read by anyone. Descriptions of battlefield and behind the lines service are gut wrenching. This isn't for the delicate or romantically inclined. It is, though, an exceptional insight into the life of ordinary young women in an extraordinary time. It gave me a more immediate sense of what "average" women's lives might have been like day to day in that context than anything else I've read. More importantly, I couldn't put it down.
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A Rose for the Anzac Boys edition by Jackie French Children eBooks Reviews
Very enjoyable book
great book another I couldn't put down felt that it could have been very close to what did occur back in the war times get your hankie out because you,will need it
Excellent
Good for all ages, se
Especially late teen and young adult, but I am 65 and I enjoyed it.
One of her best it tells a unknown part of the first World War
One of those that you don't want to put down and can't wait to get your teeth into the authors next 'story telling'!
Well written, moving but not soppy. And I learned something about WW1 and the role of women, and perhaps the subsequent societal impact if this
The story follows Midge, who goes to France along with two friends to set up a canteen for soldiers. Along the way, Midge spends some time as a volunteer ambulance driver and in a hospital at the front. The author deals with the subject of PTSD (shell shock) and what happens after the war, as well.
I've been reading a lot of English-language histories, memoirs, and diaries of women, mostly nurses, who worked in France during WWI, as background to re-enacting a French Red Cross volunteer in a cantine. All of these are moving, but many are colored by the conventions of their time (look at the positive, protect those at home from terrible realities, glorify or romanticize the roles or effort, depending on the agenda or needs of the writer). Many are hard to wade through, although all contribute to our understanding of that unforgivable war.
Unlike the historical record, "A Rose..." is a first-person novel, based on solid research, told from the perspective of a New Zealand teenager who goes to France to run a railway canteen with two British friends. These things happened in reality. It pulls no punches, and preaches no sermons. It provides a convincing, emotionally honest story of one young woman's losses and maturation. The age of the protagonist doesn't make it YA--it can be read by anyone. Descriptions of battlefield and behind the lines service are gut wrenching. This isn't for the delicate or romantically inclined. It is, though, an exceptional insight into the life of ordinary young women in an extraordinary time. It gave me a more immediate sense of what "average" women's lives might have been like day to day in that context than anything else I've read. More importantly, I couldn't put it down.
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