In memory of the women who cared for and consoled the
wounded, the sick and the refugees during the First World War.
and for Jeremy; Jonathan, Sarah, Amelia and Alexander;
Rupert, Clare, Molly, Jemima and Harriet; Lucinda,
Andrew, Edward, Eleanor and Harry
with my love always
First published in 2009
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