The Poppy Sisters

This was a satisfying read that included everything I love in novel: Love (in a time of war), historical accuracy, medical fiction, excellent plot, and brilliant dialogue that flows nicely. I could hardly put it down as I wanted to know what would happen to all these characters whom I came to care for! An excellent WWI novel that I highly recommend!

I can’t explain how much I enjoyed reading this book.

It was fascinating, heart wrenching, beautiful and gripping.

The two sisters who spent the Great War apart nursing two different sides of the war. Both fall in love, both have their own stories to tell.

It was wonderful, from beginning to the very end.

I really hope to hear more of Otto and Celia and perhaps even delve into the Second World War.

Absolutely amazing, thank you for a wonderful read.

10/10

this was a wonderfully written historical genre, it had everything that I enjoy about the genre. The characters worked well overall in this time-period and thoroughly enjoyed how good everything was. Deborah Carr has a great writing style and I enjoyed the historical elements going on. I was never bored when reading this and glad I got to read this.

"Captain Bailey, if you do not do as you’re told and stay in your bed, then you leave me no option but to report you to Sister Taylor.’ Phoebe had to concentrate on not letting the amusement she was truly feeling show. ‘You are supposed to be resting.’ He sat back on his bed and folded his arms, grimacing in pain when the quick movement snagged at his wound on the side of his torso."

The book is about 2 sisters who are ,Phoebe and Celia who are both working in hospitals looking after wounded soldiers. They have recently lost their parents and brother during a bombing and are coming to terms with it. When they both meet soldiers on the wards they are working on their lives will change. and one and risks everything for love.
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone.

With each book I read, I’m becoming more and more of a fan of Deborah Carr and her beautiful style of writing. In The Poppy Sisters we travel back to World War 1 and meet a pair of sisters separated by war but always united by strength and courage.

Upon losing their parents and brother in an air raid, sisters Phoebe and Celia go their separate ways and become nurses. Phoebe heads to France as a volunteer nurse tending to her own countrymen. Celia is sent to Jersey and attends to Germans prisoners in a POW camp. Both women meet someone who would change their lives.

Phoebe meets and falls in love with Captain Archie Bailey. They are to be married but he is sent back to the front and before long, Phoebe learns he is missing and presumed dead. With her grief keeping her from performing her duties and neglecting her health, she steps back from her nursing duties to recover at the home a friend. Celia finds herself falling for a prisoner, Otto, an Austrian who was conscripted into the German army but is a doctor and a good man. She butts heads with other nurses who want to treat these prisoners as the enemies not human beings.

As time passes, these sisters never give up on hope and love. They had already lost so much because of the war and they weren’t willing to let go of what might be in the future.

I loved this story. While fiction, there are certainly aspects of WWI that i was able to research a little further so I definitely took away a bit of history lesson which I’m always grateful for!

Thanks so much to NetGalley, Harper Collins UK, One More Chapter and the lovely Deborah Carr for an early copy of this book

Love triumphs through all challenges, ethnicities, war conflicts, and suffering.

Two sisters, separated by war, fight every day to rescue the lives of the wounded soldiers under their care. Phoebe works as a VAD at a Base Hospital in Étaples, France, where she treats men who have served at the Front. Their bravery and perseverance inspire her, and though she's supposed to stay her distance, Captain Archie Bailey quickly wins her heart. Celia, her younger sister, works as a nurse at a prison camp on the island of Jersey. These guys fight for the forces that bombed her brother and parents, yet the many hours she spends curing them prove they aren't the monsters she expected.

The sense of community and companionship, the unanticipated moments of love and joy, and a link so strong that even war can't destroy it are all things that Celia and Phoebe eventually come to recognize as being shared by their experiences despite the disparities in their respective circumstances.

This was a pleasant book with everything I look for in a novel: love (in a time of war), historical authenticity, medical fiction, a fantastic plot, and brilliant dialogue that flows smoothly. The characters in this time period worked well overall. Carr's writing style is excellent, and I appreciated the historical undertones.

Two sisters, Phoebe and Celia, lose their mother, father, and brother in a zeppelin raid outside London. Celia is a nurse and works in a hospital at a POW camp for German prisoners. She falls in love with one of her patients. Phoebe trains as a VAD, and is sent to a hospital in France. She falls in love w it’s one of her patients as well.
The Poppy Sisters, by Deborah Carr, takes you through the ups and downs, the triumphs and tragedies, faced by these sisters. It is also a tale of friends who help them face their grief and remind them that life is worth living. This WWI story will tug at your heart while making you smile. I was able to read an ARC on #NetGalley.

What a first class read! Definitely recommend it.
The story starts in 1916 with one sister, Phoebe nursing in France, Phoebe finds it difficult coming to terms with some of the injuries the men have received, she writes to share her experiences with her sister Celia and doesn’t quite get the response she was hoping for when she also shares that she has become quite attached to one of the men.
Meanwhile Celia is nursing at the prisoner of war camp on Jersey which she struggles with as she recently lost family member during an attack by the Germans.
As the two stories evolve there are similarities in the experiences of the sisters if they only knew it.
There are some lovely characters, mainly Jocasta who is so warm hearted while suffering grief herself.
And as always, the not so lovely namely Elsie.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

While this book may not be for every body, I truly loved it. I had been craving a historical fiction read and this book was just what I had been looking for. The stress Phoebe and Celia went through was palpable, and Carr wrote in a way that makes it impossible not to root for them. While it does end on somewhat of a cliffhanger, the direction it is going it clear and therefore not an issue to me.

This book was a treat to read.The horror of war and the duties of nurses is central to this book. The 3 main women characters are inspiring and the hope of love never fades. I would definitely recommend this book.

This is a story set in WWI of two sisters: Phoebe who is a VAD and working in a Base Hospital in Etaples, France and Celia a nurse in Les Blanches Banques prisoner of war camp hospital on the island of Jersey. The sisters have a very close relationship brought even closer by the tragic deaths of both parents and their brother during a bombing raid at their home in England. Against all regulations both women fall in love with patients. Phoebe with Captain Archie Bailey and Celia with prisoner of war Otto Hoffman. The story tells of the trials and tribulations of love during war, and the heartaches and anguish along the way. Celia particularly faced antagonism from fellow nurses when her relationship with Otto was discovered. I would have liked to know more of their story following the end of the war. However WWI and WWII are my favourite genres and I thoroughly enjoyed this read. I would highly recommend. Thank you to One More Chapter and NetGalley for an E-arc and the opportunity to read and review