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When we had wings / Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, and Susan Meissner.

Lawhon, Ariel, (author.). McMorris, Kristina, (author.). Meissner, Susan, 1961- (author.).

Summary:

"Based on real history and alternating between three perspectives, When We Had Wings tells an amazingly moving story of heroic service, perseverance in the darkest of days, and the hope of the human spirit. The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita Capel forge a friendship at the Army Navy Club in Manila, they believe they're living a paradise assignment. All three are seeking a way to escape their pasts, but soon the beauty and promise of their surroundings give way to the heavy mantle of war. Caught in the crosshairs of a fight between the U.S. military and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of the Philippine Islands, the nurses are forced to serve under combat conditions and, ultimately, endure captivity as the first female prisoners of the Second World War. As their resiliency is tested in the face of squalid living arrangements, food shortages, and the enemy's blatant disregard for the articles of the Geneva Convention, the women strive to keep their hope--and their fellow inmates--alive, though not without great cost." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780785253341
  • ISBN: 9781400240845
  • ISBN: 9780785253044
  • Physical Description: 424 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Nashville : Harper Muse, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes discussion questions.
Subject: Philippines > Fiction.
Nurses > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Philippines > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Hospitals > Fiction.
Genre: War fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Wasco County Service District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Southern Wasco County Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Southern Wasco County Library LAWH (Text) 33892100850263 FICTION Available -
Baker Halfway Branch LAWHON (Ariel) (Text) 37814003571115 FICTION - NEW Available -
Gilliam County Library F LAWH (Text) 37823000202673 Adult Fiction Available -
Hermiston Public Library FIC LAWH (Text) 37838000835926 Carnegie Building Available -
Hood River County Library FIC LAWHON (Text) 33892100828590 Adult Fiction Available -
Milton-Freewater Public Library FIC Lawho (Text) 37862000529891 Adult Fiction Available -
Pendleton Public Library F LAWHO (Text) 37801000708675 Adult Fiction Available -
The Dalles Wasco County Library LAWHO (Text) 33892006766274 Fiction Available -


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