{"product_id":"between-heartbeats-rosie-chapel-9781763540781","title":"Between Heartbeats","description":"\u003cp\u003e1916 - France\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing in my training, nor the numerous lectures I endured prior to leaving England prepared me for the horror that is trench warfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssigned to a Field Ambulance 3\/4 a sneeze away from the front line 3\/4 the atrocities I witnessed were confronting, harrowing, and a constant challenge to my faith in humanity, yet the experience proved to be endlessly rewarding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot content with nursing, the principle reason I volunteered was to drive ambulances. My colleagues, preferring the relative safety of the wards, thought me addled, but I was not to be thwarted, despite the dangers. Saving lives outweighed the fear of being blown up or shot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe last thing I expected to find in the midst of flying shrapnel was love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo long years with no end in sight; the oft repeated, 'we'll be home by Christmas' 3\/4 a long-forgotten dream, supplanted by the ceaseless thunder of artillery, acres of mud, collapsing trenches, and the all-pervading stench of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA nightmare tempered when the driver of the ambulance dispatched to collect Fred, after his brush with a sniper, turned out to be Polly Armstrong, friend of Fred's wife, Maisie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe initial shock of recognition morphs into something else; something both tantalising and terrifying. Anyone with an ounce of common sense would quash such frivolous nonsense; we were in the middle of a battle zone. Clearly, common sense had abandoned me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the odds, in the chaos and confusion of war, romance blossoms but tomorrow is not guaranteed. In that split second between heartbeats, their happily ever after could be snatched away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosie Chapel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1763540782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781763540781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulfire Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Rosie Chapel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48873809051903,"sku":"9781763540781","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-heartbeats-rosie-chapel-9781763540781","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}