Little Girl Lost (44 page)

In 1897, four-year-old Lucy Thornbury's parents are killed in a train crash. Taken in by her kindly uncle and aunt and their son, Lucy overcomes the trauma of her childhood and grows up inspired to become a doctor, just like her father was.

But training as a doctor in London takes Lucy far away from home and the people she loves, and she has to battle to be accepted in a man's world.

And with the dark clouds of the First World War gathering on the horizon, will Lucy be able to follow her dreams and find love in a world shattered by war?

Coming out in hardback and ebook in October 2016

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Copyright © Valerie Wood 2015

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