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Dana, Beth, Pammy and Victoria are the nurses for St Angelus Hospital and known locally as the angels of Lovely Lane. This Christmas the hospital is exceptionally busy and they have hardly any time to catch a breath let alone enjoy the festive celebrations. 'As heart-warming as it is heartbreaking, this novel is unputdownable' "Sunday Express"
About the author
The Rt Hon.
Nadine Dorries grew up in a working-class family in Liverpool. She spent part of her childhood living on a farm with her grandmother, and attended school in a small remote village in the west of Ireland. She trained as a nurse, then followed with a successful career in which she established and then sold her own business. She is an MP, presently serving as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and has three daughters.
The Rt Hon.
Nadine Dorries grew up in a working-class family in Liverpool. She spent part of her childhood living on a farm with her grandmother, and attended school in a small remote village in the west of Ireland. She trained as a nurse, then followed with a successful career in which she established and then sold her own business. She has been MP for Mid Bedfordshire since 2005, and previously served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. She has three daughters, and is based in Gloucestershire.
Summary
The perfect read for Christmas, from bestselling author Nadine Dorries.
1950s Liverpool. Christmas is the most
harrowing time of year for the nurses of St Angelus Hospital.
A brilliant nurse secretly battling
a fatal illness over Christmas... A starving baby boy abandoned in the freezing cold... A cruel, controlling mother, determined to block her daughter's nursing career at all costs...
In the run up to Christmas, nurses Pammy and Beth are aiming to win the coveted national decorating competition for the St Angelus children's ward, but
drama after drama threatens to upset their plans. Amid the hardship and poverty of 1950s Liverpool, only the
humour and community spirit of nurses and patients will get the Angels through their toughest Christmas yet. What people are saying about CHRISTMAS ANGELS: '
It had everything from laughing out moments, to those times where tears were not far away'
'Nadine Dorries is an
excellent story teller and her characters are so well written...
Not many authors have that effect on me'
'I have enjoyed all The Lovely Lane series so far but for me
this is the best one yet'
'In my opinion
she can do no wrong and this latest book is just wonderful,
such a heart warming story!'
Foreword
The nurses of Lovely Lane face Christmas dramas at the busiest time of the St Angelus year.
Additional text
The hospital, children, Christmas, and a close-living community provide a highly emotional backdrop to crises: medical, social and romantic. Readers engaging with this story will find some strands intriguingly left unresolved' Historical Novel Society.
