Amid the Australian Army hospitals of World War I Egypt, two deeply
determined individuals find the resilience of their love tested to its
limits
It's 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately wants to become a
doctor. Her father forbids it, withholding the inheritance that would
allow her to attend university. At the outbreak of World War I, Evelyn
disobeys her father, enlisting as an army nurse bound for Egypt and the
disastrous Gallipoli campaign.
Under the blazing desert sun, Evelyn develops feelings for polio
survivor Dr William Brent, who believes his disability makes him unfit
to marry. For Evelyn, still pursuing her goal of studying medicine, a
man has no place in her future. For two such self-reliant people,
relying on someone else for happiness may be the hardest challenge of
all.
From the casualty tents, fever wards and operating theatres; through
the streets of Cairo during Ramadan; to the parched desert and the grim
realities of war, Pamela Hart, author of THE WAR BRIDE, tells the
heart-wrenching story of four years that changed the world forever.
'I stayed up late to finish The Desert Nurse. A gorgeous and
beautifully written story of love and war set in Egypt in the First
World War. It made me cry. I loved it' KATE FORSYTH
