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A Rose for the ANZAC boys is a story about survival, death, blood, loss, and hope through the terrifying reality of World War 1. This book proves that war has no glory, just pain, but underneath, there is hope, the strongest thing you can feel. You get a different side of the war, the perspective of the ANZACS who fought along side the English, who are just as brave as the English War Heroes, maybe even more.
This book is also about the hidden army, the women and men, who ran the hospitals and ambulance services when no one else did. They faced as much extremes as the men who fought on the battlefields, the horror of some of the injuries that the soldiers had, and the danger of driving ambulances from the hospital to the front, facing the monster what the men faced.
The blurb of this book is a bit deceiving, as only the last part of the book is set in Midge's home. It is mainly about what some brave women did, ones outside the Red Cross, ones who received no credit for what they did. This book gives the credit this brave warriors deserve, and reading this book will let them rest in peace.
Lest we forget...
| Overall rating | 4.7 | |
| Plot | 5.0 | |
| Characters | 5.0 | |
| Writing Style | 4.0 |
Heartbreaking, but truly beautiful
If you want to read this book, and you are cry easily, I recommend bringing a tissue.
A Rose for the ANZAC boys is a story about survival, death, blood, loss, and hope through the terrifying reality of World War 1. This book proves that war has no glory, just pain, but underneath, there is hope, the strongest thing you can feel. You get a different side of the war, the perspective of the ANZACS who fought along side the English, who are just as brave as the English War Heroes, maybe even more.
This book is also about the hidden army, the women and men, who ran the hospitals and ambulance services when no one else did. They faced as much extremes as the men who fought on the battlefields, the horror of some of the injuries that the soldiers had, and the danger of driving ambulances from the hospital to the front, facing the monster what the men faced.
The blurb of this book is a bit deceiving, as only the last part of the book is set in Midge's home. It is mainly about what some brave women did, ones outside the Red Cross, ones who received no credit for what they did. This book gives the credit this brave warriors deserve, and reading this book will let them rest in peace.
Lest we forget...
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