Publisher's Synopsis
Iris is getting old. A widow, her days are spent living quietly and worrying about her granddaughter, Grace, a headstrong young doctor. Iris receives an invitation to a WW1 reunion in France.Overcome by memories of the past and her journey to France in 1914, when she followed her young brother Tom, intending to bring him home. But on her way to find Tom, Iris truly comes of age working in a field hospital at Royaumont. Discovering her passion for medicine and making friends with Violet while falling in love. But war is brutal, and there is a terrible price to pay - a price that will echo down the generations.
