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Holly Greene

    Holly Green schrijft historische saga's over liefde en oorlog, geïnspireerd door verhalen die ze als kind van haar ouders hoorde. Haar vader was professioneel zanger en haar moeder danseres, maar beiden moesten hun beroep opgeven bij het uitbreken van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Green, afkomstig uit Liverpool, is een getraind actrice en lerares. In haar werk richt ze zich op krachtige menselijke emoties en de impact van historische gebeurtenissen op persoonlijke levens.

    The Truth About You
    Workhouse Nightingale
    Workhouse Orphans
    • Workhouse Nightingale

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Can this orphan ever fulfil her nursing dreams...? After her mother's death, Dora is sent to live with her father and his other family. But the fact that Dora is mixed race and illegitimate see her treated as little more than a servant by her step-mother and half siblings. This doesn't stop the son of the house abusing his position and Dora finds herself on the streets and pregnant... Sent to the local workhouse, Dora's future looks bleak but she still dreams of a better life where she can help others as her late mother did with her herbal remedies. But can a girl from a workhouse ever achieve anything, let alone become one of Florence Nightingale's nurses? ________________________________ Make sure you've read all the books in the Workhouse series: 1. Workhouse Orphans 2. Workhouse Angel 3. Workhouse Nightingale 4. Workhouse Girl And don't miss Holly Green's new series about wartime nurses: 1. Frontline Nurses 2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses

      Workhouse Nightingale2018
      4,3
    • Workhouse Orphans

      • 400bladzijden
      • 14 uur lezen

      Their father went away to sea never to return, and then their mother falls victim to the typhus sweeping through Liverpool. Regarded as orphans by the authorities, May and Gus are sent to the Brownlow Hill Workhouse. May and Gus will have to rely on each other more than ever if they are to survive the hardships to come...

      Workhouse Orphans2017
      4,5
    • The Truth About You

      • 448bladzijden
      • 16 uur lezen

      When the baby is found on the doorstep of Ella's café, everyone asks - what sort of parent would abandon their child? Jess feels increasingly left out as the only non-mum amongst her friends. Terrified she might lose them altogether, she embarks on becoming a mother too. But is she really ready? Hollywood actress Ruth Seymour is home in the small town of Lakeview for the summer. But has an ill-advised fling with a handsome co-star resulted in a seriously unplanned consequence? Nina has come to live with her estranged father, Patrick, after a bad break-up. But will she ever dare tell him about the secret she is concealing? One thing's for sure: someone knows more than they're telling. And the truth won't stay hidden forever...

      The Truth About You2012
      3,8