Jeffrey K. Walker

Jeffrey K. Walker has created a captivating novel which does something remarkable- it plants the reader smack dab in the horror of the French trenches, then follows those lucky enough to survive to the hospital where doctors and nurses, themselves overwrought from the enormity of the wounded, care tirelessly and selflessly for their patients, then carries the reader through the beautifully drawn main characters’ struggles to forge a new way forward, all the while keeping the reader hopeful and even able to laugh occasionally! You had me at Chapter One. Nurse Deirdre Brannigan is one formidable woman! Do I love her or hate her? And the lads from Newfoundland who merrily venture off to the Great War are a fun, likable and engaging lot. I truly felt it too when tragedy struck. I felt like I was right there in WWI, in Newfoundland and on the rumrunning ship. Great story. Vividly imagined. Artfully written. Tough to put down. This is an author to watch for sure!… (meer)