The Poppy Factory

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A captivating story of two young women, bound together by the tragedy of two very different wars Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Maureen Lee.For Jess and Rose, the realities of war have terrible repercussions 2012 and Jess, an army medic, is back home following her tour of Afghanistan Shell shocked by what she has seen, she wonders if her life will ever be the same again Can help come through her great grandmother Rose s diaries 1922 and Rose has just welcomed her beloved husband Alfie home from the First World War But the homecoming is not what Rose had expected Alfie returns from war a changed man, and not the same person Rose married As he struggles to find work and to cope with life, Rose struggles with temptation Can an old factory, set up to help injured soldiers, help Jess, Rose and Alfie and save them from the heartache of war Free Download [ The Poppy Factory ] by [ Liz Trenow ] – kino-fada.fr Jess returns home from her final tour in Afghanistan haunted by nightmares from her time at the front She starts to drinkandand in the en drives away her boyfriend Nate At her mother s home, she finds her great grandmother Rose s diaries Rose writes about her marriage to Alfie, a soldier in the First World...5 Words Dramatic, emotional, thought provoking, war, love.When I finished this book, I had to sit in silence and contemplate what exactly I had read And I read this book cover to cover, the authors notes, acknowledgements, the QA I didn t want it to end.This book is fantastically written with two distinct voices telling two incredible stories in two very different times.This is a book that I took my time reading I sat down with a cup of tea and really thought about what I was reading T 5 Words Dramatic, emotional, thought provoking, war, love.When I finished this book, I had to sit in silence and contemplate what exactly I had read And I read this book cover to cover, the authors notes, acknowledgements, the QA I didn t wan...Jess, an army paramedic has just returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and taken a discharge but, haunted by her experiences, she can t settle into civilian life When she is handed her great grandmother s diaries to read, she finds she is not the first in her family to suffer from post traumatic stress disorder Her great grandparents lives were touched by WWI in a way that not only compared to her own experiences, but reading ab...This novel is an informative interesting look into the period after the first world war It is a touching tribute to all who have served and are serving.It is an important look into mental health issues connected to service, and I love the charities are ...This was a beautifully told tale of two women generations apart whose lives share some devastating similarities I love historical fiction which crosses time periods and entwines the lives of different people, and Trenow is just brilliant at this Jess is an army medic recently returned from her latest tour in Afghanistan Upon her return, she struggles to adapt to her surroundings and begins drinking heavily and in doing so, begins to alienate her loved ones By chance, she comes across her g This was a beautifully told tale of two women generations apart whose lives share some devastating similarities I love historical fiction which crosses time periods and entwines ...I was SO very excited to read The Poppy Factory I thoroughly enjoyed Liz s previous novels, The Last Telegram and The Forgotten Seamstress, so I could not wait to start reading.With the end of the First World War, Rose can not wait to welcome home her husband Alfie from the battlefields, whom she dearly loves But his return is not what Rose expected, as traumatised by what he has seen the Alfie who returns home is different from the Alfie that Ros...It was to be expected that 2014 would be the year of World War I novels I ve read and reviewed some excellent books set in this era already this year Each one of them has been very different, looking at different aspects of the Great War and The Poppy Factory can take it s place alongside these it s a fascinating, interesting and very well written story, and had me gripped from the first paragraph.The Poppy Factory is a dual time story and opens with Jess, a newly qualified paramedic who com It was to be expected that 2014 would be the year of ...I was totally hooked on this My knowledge of World War One is limited I absolutely adored the way the story jumped from Jess, a traumatised army medic back from a tour of Afghanistan and her great gra...Good book Enjoyed the chapters from the great grandmother s diarythan the ones from the present.I was somehow expecting to read a run of the mill WWI novel but was absolutely blown away by this book so much so that I could not put it down.I like how Trenow binds the experience of a young women serving in Afghanistan as a medic, with world war one soldiers She shows Jess as feeling so capable, so able and defiantly okay after her own experience of being fired on in the field whilst helping the wounded and refuses to acknowledge that she is falling apart with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder I was somehow expecting to read a run of the mill WWI novel but was absolutely blown away by this book so much so that I could not put it down.I like how Trenow binds the experience of a young women serving in Afghanistan as a medic, with world war one soldiers She shows Jess as feeling so capable, so able and defiantly okay after her own experience of being fired on in the field whilst helping the wounded and refuses to acknowledge that she is falling apart with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD The diaries written by Jess s great grandmother tells a parallel story of how PTST or shell shock as it was called then affected the lives of people after WWI.This story is as much about how war affects communities as it is about individuals and you realise that nothing has...

The Poppy Factory
  • English
  • 17 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 400 pages
  • 0007510489
  • Liz Trenow
  • The Poppy Factory