My Review:
This is the first book I read about the ambulance drivers in World War One. Mercy Road tells the story of Arlene Favier, a brave young woman that risks her life to help her family. I liked all of the details of the ambulance drivers for the American Women's Hospital and the story of Arlene. This book is a good Historical Fiction book. 4 out of 5 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book for my honest review.
Amazon.com's description:
Inspired by the true story of the World War I American Women’s Hospital, Mercy Road is a novel about love, courage, and a female ambulance driver who risks everything.
In 1917, after Arlene Favier’s home burns to the ground, taking her father with it, she must find a way to support her mother and younger brother. If she doesn’t succeed, they will all be impoverished. Job opportunities are scarce, but then a daring possibility arises: the American Women’s Hospital needs ambulance drivers to join a trailblazing, all-female team of doctors and nurses bound for war-torn France.
On the front lines, Arlene and her fellow ambulance drivers work day and night to aid injured soldiers and civilians. In between dangerous ambulance runs, Arlene reunites with a childhood friend, Jimmy Tucker, now a soldier, who opens her heart like no one before. But she has also caught the attention of Felix Brohammer, a charismatic army captain who harbors a dark, treacherous secret.
To expose Brohammer means risking her family’s future and the promise of love. Arlene must make a choice: stay in the safety of silence or take the greatest chance of her life
Nikki
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