Historical Fiction
A young woman enlists as an army nurse in WWII Italy to search for her missing brother, confronting battlefield trauma and moral dilemmas in a field hospital.
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A young woman enlists as an army nurse in WWII Italy to search for her missing brother, confronting battlefield trauma and moral dilemmas in a field hospital.
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"1943: When seventeen-year-old Juliet Dufresne receives a cryptic letter from her enlisted brother and then discovers that he's been reported missing in action, she lies about her age and travels to the front lines as an army nurse, determined to find him. Shy and awkward, Juliet is thrust into the bloody chaos of a field hospital, a sprawling encampment north of Rome where she forges new friendships and is increasingly consumed by the plight of her patients. One in particular, Christopher Barna...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Attraction to a married doctor; deepening emotional and romantic tension
Violence & gore
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Graphic field-hospital injuries; combat memories and battle horrors
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Soldier abused by peers for being different; recurring subplot
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content
Political content
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Questions just-war morality and who benefits from conflict
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Peer abuse of a soldier; extensive war trauma and suffering
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