The daughters of Mars - Thomas Keneally

In 1915, two spirited Australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the Dardanelles, then on the Western Front. Yet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were before. And eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all survive.

At once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate,The Daughters of Marsbrings the First World War to vivid life from an unusual perspective. Profoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peace.

Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty novels since. They includeSchindler's Ark, which won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was subsequently made into the filmSchindler's List, andThe Chant Of Jimmie Blacksmith,ConfederatesandGossip From The Forest, each of which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novels areThe Daughters Of Mars, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize in 2013, andShame and t

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