Laura's Secret
Author | : Elsie M. Young |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2000-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780595096237 |
ISBN-13 | : 0595096239 |
Rating | : 4/5 (239 Downloads) |
Download or read book Laura's Secret written by Elsie M. Young and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elsie McMillian Young has added verisimilitude and excitement to this imaginative story of two nurses by drawing from her own experience as a nurse, and from her memories of World War II. At thirteen, Laura enters service as a kitchen maid in Millfield Hall. The Mistress is soon enamored of her, promotes her to ladies’ maid and gives her a magnificent brooch as a token of her affection. When Laura trains as a nurse after the outbreak of the Great War she is raped by a shell-shocked officer. This sets in motion a sequence of events that lead her to harbour a terrible secret by the time World War II breaks out.