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351 pages : maps New Zealand author They say women should 'stay home and sit still' - but how can I? (Cover) Summary: Evie is 18 and excited by the prospect of a tour of Europe. Instead she finds herself immersed in war, first in the Home Counties, then as a VAD nurse tending injured soldiers in a local hospital. After personal tragedy changes the course of her life, Evie travels to Belgium, experiencing first-hand the shambolic horrors in a casualty clearing station just 10 km behind the front lines. (Publisher)