Bandaging the Blitz

By: Phyll MacDonald Ross, I. D. Roberts

Narrated by: Annie Aldington

An incredible true story of a young nurse working in the East End of London during the Second World War.

In 1938, 18-year-old Phyllis Ellsworth packs her bags, says good-bye to her anxious parents and sets off from her quiet seaside home for the Hackney Hospital in London's bustling East End, where she is to fulfill her dream to train as a nurse.

At first it is a whirlwind of long days, hard work, new friends and plenty of mischief, but just 10 months later Britain declares war on Germany, and life at the hospital is transformed. Phyll's days become an endless cycle of air-raid sirens, injured servicemen and anxiously waiting for news of loved ones.

And when she falls in love with a handsome young solider, Alistair, Phyll's work provides the only distraction from worrying about his safety.

Bandaging the Blitz is a true story of coming of age in terrible times, of the blossoming of first romance into a life-long love affair, and of a young woman whose eagerness to do good in the world brought her suddenly face to face with death and drama in all its many guises.

©2015 Phyll Macdonald-Ross and I. D. Roberts (P)2015 Hachette Audio

Left me wanting to know more!

I enjoyed very much reading about Nurse Ross' Blitz experiences - but would love to learn more about the individuals she met and helped. Also, having just finished the book, I'm now curious about how long she stayed in Scotland, how many children they had, and if she went into midwifery,
etc! Great read that left me wanting more.