{"product_id":"2940169942897","title":"The Desert Nurse","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately wants to become a doctor. Her medico father forbids it, withholding the inheritance that would allow her to go to university. At the outbreak of World War I, Evelyn disobeys her father: she enlists as an army nurse bound for Egypt to care for the wounded from the disastrous Gallipoli campaign.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the blazing desert sun and amid the chaos and trauma of tending to battlefield casualties, Evelyn develops feelings for Dr William Brent, a polio survivor who believes his disability makes him unfit to marry. For Evelyn, still pursuing her goal of studying medicine, a man has no place in her future. Their experience of war and its deadly legacies forces each of them to reassess their beliefsamp;mdash;but for two self-reliant people, relying on someone else for happiness may be the hardest challenge of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Desert Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e shows not only the aftermath of Gallipoli but also a lesser known part of the war: what happened in Egypt, the Sinai and Palestine after the Gallipoli diggers went to France. Pamela Hart, the beloved bestselling Australian author of \u003ci\u003eThe War Bride\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the heart-wrenching story of four years that changed the worldamp;mdash;and these two extraordinary peopleamp;mdash;forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161334006000,"sku":"2940169942897","price":30.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169942897_p0.jpg?v=1763697936","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169942897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}