The Woman At The Front by Lecia Cornwall

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THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT

LECIA CORNWALL

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Acclaimed author Lecia Cornwall is adored by readers for her sexy and totally captivating historical romance novels. 

 

Now, Cornwall makes her women’s fiction debut at Berkley with another historical tale, THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT, a WWI-set historical fiction about a female doctor who sets out to break society’s expectations and to save lives on the battlefield at a time when women rarely held roles outside the home.

THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT is perfect for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, and for readers of Kate Quinn. Cornwall, who lives in Canada, was inspired to write THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT by her own family history during WWI. A trip to France to visit the grave of her late uncle lost on the battlefield informed her research.

If there’s ever a time to celebrate the remarkable healthcare professionals in our world, it’s now ―and THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT is a reminder to appreciate their service.

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF TARA O'CONNOR | PUBLICIST AT BERKLEY, AN IMPRINT OF PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE.

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ABOUT THE WOMAN AT THE FRONT:

Eleanor Atherton has dreamed her entire life of one day becoming a doctor, much to the dismay of her parents. After all, it’s 1917, there’s a war on, and an upper class young woman should really be settling down and getting married―not graduating from medical school. But the knowledge that soldiers are wounded and dying every day, and male doctors are being called to the front to tend to them, leaves Eleanor even more eager to practice medicine in her hometown.

No one seems to take Eleanor seriously as a medical professional―but as an unexpected twist of fate would have it, Eleanor is asked by a family friend to go to the battlefields in France and serve as private doctor for an injured soldier. It’s just the chance she needs to lend a hand and serve her duty.

 

The battlefields are bloody, and death is everywhere. Eleanor soon discovers that medics are in short supply. It’s a chance to prove herself as a doctor – and also to show her numerous critics, including her family, the male doctors at the front, and the very patients she aims to serve―that a woman deserves an equal place in medicine.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

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Lecia Cornwall lives and writes in Calgary, Canada in the beautiful foothills of the Canadian Rockies, with five cats, two teenagers, a crazy chocolate lab, and one very patient husband. 

She's hard at work on her next book. 

Come visit Lecia at www.leciacornwall.com, or drop her a line at leciacornwall@shaw.ca.

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