The Irish Nurse at the Lodging House (LP)

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London, 1940. Walking up the steps of the lodging house at No. 34 Hill Street in Mayfair, Grace Whelan is full of hope, despite the bombs raining down on London every night. But is this the fresh start she craves, or will the family she’s desperately running from catch up with her?

Her Irish accent isn’t out of place on the hospital wards in the East End. But she hides it when her work takes her to the other side of the city. Her roommates at the lodging house, and her potential beau, RAF pilot Owen, can never know the secrets she’s keeping.

Grace’s roommates are very different people – Jess is a country girl not used to the city, and Betony is adjusting to life without her aristocratic father’s money. But as the three women endure terrifying air raids and family heartbreak together, a sisterhood starts to form.