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The Poppy Field: A gripping and emotional World War One historical romance Kindle Edition

by Deborah Carr (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 7,463 ratings
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‘A beautiful, heartbreaking novel of war and loss and the resilience of the human spirit’ Rosemary, Netgalley Reader

The USA Today bestseller!

Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that reveals the secret letters and heartache of Alice Le Breton, a young volunteer nurse who worked in a casualty clearing station near the front line.

Set in the present day and during the horrifying years of the war, both women discover deep down the strength and courage to carry on in even the most difficult of times. Through Alice’s words and her unfailing love for her sweetheart at the front, Gemma learns to truly live again.

This epic historical novel will take your breath away.

Readers are falling in love with The Poppy Field:

‘Both heartbreaking and full of hope and happiness’ Pam, Goodreads

‘Exceptional’ Cassie’s Books

‘A beautifully written, highly enjoyable read’ Nicki’s Book Blog

‘One to watch’ Good Housekeeping

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B079QG6L98
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ One More Chapter (October 12, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 12, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1702 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 402 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 7,463 ratings

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Deborah Carr

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I am a USA TODAY bestselling author of historical fiction and write for HarperCollins (One More Chapter). I was born and live in Jersey in the Channel Islands and am lucky enough to be able to set most of my books here.

My 2023 First World War novel, The Poppy Sisters was an Amazon First Reads Editor’s Pick. The Poppy Field and An Island at War set during the Nazi Occupation of Jersey were both USA TODAY bestsellers.

The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by German forces in the Second World War. That history and the stories from family and friends I heard growing up also inspired me to write The Beekeeper's War and another novel set during that dark time in the island’s history, Neighbours at War.

My first historical, Broken Faces, was described by Good Housekeeping Magazine as ‘One to Watch’. I'm also the author behind the Mrs Boots trilogy inspired by another woman from Jersey, Florence Boot, the woman behind the Boots the Chemist empire.

I spend most days writing my books in my studio with at least one of my three rescue dogs snoring next to me.

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Norma Den 🇿🇦
5.0 out of 5 stars Poppies for Rembering
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024
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What a lovely, though somewhat sad story. Poppies, especially red ones are my favourite so this book appealed to me just by the title. WW1, 2016 France. A young volunteer nurse is working on the edge of the war zone. Tragedy & triumph make this so real. 2018, another nurse arrives in France to renovate a farmhouse. What follows is so beautiful even though sad. However the links between the two stories make this a marvellous book.
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Dailydabber
4.0 out of 5 stars What Happened.
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2023
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This is a good but predictable story, which I don’t dislike in a romance, but as the book went on, a lot of grammatical and punctuation errors became a distraction. Early in the story, Tom was injured by an “IUD” instead of an IED. Some editing would make this a very good book.
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P. Blevins
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a beautiful story; but a tear-jerker!
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2019
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The Poppy Fields is by Deborah Carr. This book mainly takes place in France during World War I. It mainly takes place at a forward transition center where doctors and nurses care for the wounded soldiers. The Sisters (Nuns) make up the nursing staff and are helped by volunteers from France and England. These young girls have volunteered to do their best for the cause and were uprooted from their homes to come to France. Here they live under very strict rules of conduct and even their letters are read by the Matron before being given to them. Letters are generally permitted only from family members. They are not to interact with the patients nor grow too close to them. They are constantly watched by the Sisters. Still, they manage make friends. It also takes place in the present when Gemma takes a leave from her job as a nurse and comes to the cottage owned by her Father to renovate it and get it ready to sell. It had belonged to her Father’s cousin whose Mother had been a nurse in the area years before.
Gemma needed a rest from her job as a trauma nurse. She needed to decide which direction her life would take upon her return. She was used to being alone so the isolation of the small farm didn’t bother her. Her parents were professionals and her birth was “an accident”. She saw her parents rarely when she was growing up and although they cared for her, it was almost an afterthought. However, when she needed a place to go, her Father gave her the responsibility of getting the unseen farm renovated and read for the market. She needed someone to do the heavy work and hired Tom, an Englishman who had moved here. He was willing and able to help her between his other jobs and his price was fair. During the time she renovates the house and outbuildings, Tom is usually the only one she talks to. She finds a metal box of letters that belonged to her ancestor, Alice Le Breton. Alice had written them to Lieutenant Peter Conway and Captain Edgar Woodhall. Who were these men? Why was she writing to both of them? What was her life like? What happened to her? Gemma had many questions and the only possibility of answers was in the letters.
Alice Le Breton’s life in France is revealed via these letters with their notes on the backs. A young girl from the island of Jersey, she had set out to be a volunteer nurse and go where she was needed. She ended up in a transition camp in France to help the wounded get their best shot at surviving. She and her friend Mary work long hours helping the wounded; but they are the first to grow attached to their patients. Only sorrow can come from being attached to their patients or to the doctors, so they try to steer clear of those attachments. But can they?
The book is very good and gives a very clear account of what life in the hospitals could have been during the war. The opposition of what it is like in the hospital to what it is like at the farm is the best I have heard in a while.
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Sue R
3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but needs to be edited
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019
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I really enjoy historical fiction and have read a number of books that depict life during WW 2 and WW 1. This book describes the care of nurses and their volunteer helpers for the severely injured soldiers in France during WWi. The author also described the life of a current day nurse and wove the 2 stories together always letting the reader know which person she was writing about.
What this book greatly needs is editorial help. Sentences start in one direction then go in another direction without erasing the words from the first attempt at writing the sentence. The punctuation is often poor. In particular, there are many commas that are not needed. In one chapter the names of the 2 leading men were mixed up. I read the book on a Kindle so don't know if that makes a difference. I don't know if the book was also published in paper form but can attest to the fact that the electronic form needs editorial help.
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Podgie
5.0 out of 5 stars Love Amongst The Poppies!
Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2019
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I’ve begrudgingly left the Poppy Field! It was delight to read this gripping and sweet World War One historical story! It was relaxing reading and one I wanted to finish but didn’t want it to end! The characters became friends quickly. I’m not as independent and brave as they were. I had to admire their strength. Loved how it came together and that it was cleaning reading. Just my kind of book. Thank you Deborah! Just grieved for the cold heart of Alice’s mother!
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KenT
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023
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I enjoyed the story very much. It definitely could have used better proof reading, but it didn’t detract from the story for me.
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Kathi Wilker
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024
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I read this as an eBook and loved it. Bought the paper book for a friend for Christmas.
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Cindy P.
4.0 out of 5 stars Love, loss, and 2nd chances at happiness
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2020
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The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr is a story of a farm in the French countryside and two young nurses falling in love with wounded soldiers - a hundred years apart.

Hoping to take her mind off a recent tragedy and betrayal, trauma room nurse Gemma
arrives in northern France to remodel a property recently inherited from a distant cousin.

Early in the renovation she finds a box of letters written during WW1, and a beautiful red poppy broach hidden away in the floor boards. As Gemma begins reading the letters she finds they are written by a young nurse to the wounded soldier she has fallen in love with. Gemma is quickly drawn in, eager to learn the details of their relationship, and how it and the broach relate to the farm.

There are many parallels between what she reads in the letters and her life, helping her to open up to the possibilities of her own future. As she falls in love with the farm she comes to realize she has more in common with the girl in the letters than just their love of poppies.

This is an easy to read story of love and loss, the tragedies of war, and second chances at happiness. I enjoyed reading and recommend for anyone who enjoys historical fiction set in war torn France, but wants a change from the typical WW2 setting.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2023
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This book kept me gripped from page one to the end. I have recommended it to many of my friends
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Shirley Breakwell
5.0 out of 5 stars It’s a good read. Well written.
Reviewed in Canada on May 18, 2021
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Liked the way it took you back and forth between the 2 eras. The stories of people going through tough times.
The mystery of finding the letters.
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Sandy Barker
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful dual narrative
Reviewed in Australia on December 22, 2019
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Deborah Carr has written a beautiful dual narrative where our heroines, Alice and Gemma, share intriguing threads of their lives, even though those lives are 100 years apart.

I longed for both to find love and happiness.
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Kindle Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable delightful read
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2020
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History, romance and live, family drama and tension. Ending and beginnings. A wonderful story beautifully written. Would love to see it in a film.
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Jenny Lakin
4.0 out of 5 stars A great read of WW1 and modern day
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2019
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The Poppy Fields
Author Debroah Car
Publisher Harper Collins
This book is set in ww1 in the battlefields of the Somme, also in 2018,
It is the story of a volunteer nurse from Jersey in the Chanel Islands who is posted to the Somme.
The story is also of Gemma in 2018 who is also a nurse needing to escape from her NHS traumatic job which is in turmoil and a
tragic relationship.
She volunteers to renovate a farm house in France near to the battlefields of the Somme for her her father.
This turns of to be more than she bargained for. During the renovations letters were discovered hidden in the farmhouse it turns out to be that her Aunty Alice Le Breton once lived at the farmhouse.
This is a story of WW1 romance compared to the modern day challenges.
The story is very well written and I enjoyed it immensely.
It is well worth a read.
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