Sisters of the Great WarInspired by real women, this powerful novel tells the story of two unconventional American sisters who volunteer at the front during World War I August 1914. While Europe enters a brutal conflict unlike any waged before, the Duncan household in Baltimore, Maryland, is the setting for a different struggle. Ruth and Elise Duncan long to escape the roles that society, and their controlling father, demand they play. Together, the sisters volunteer for the

Boys with everything to live for

the way we remember things is a process: understand and pay more attention to the steps of the process

We’re neither one of us stupid enough to risk our marriages

learn to “switch off” at home

who were not included in the official casualty figures

it vanishes without a trace

and betrayals that now threaten to undermine their happiness

but drop dead gorgeous 'bad boy' Mr Chase

press pause on perfectionism

It’s been nearly two years since the war ended and she’s left with nothing but a false identification card and a series of burning questions about her family’s past

a cheetah-dog

The Country Between Us opens with a series of poems about El Salvador