Loving and Losing - Tapa dura

The latest book from a perennially popular author - September 1918: the First World War is nearly over, but a virulent form of influenza is sweeping through the world. No one is safe. Eve waits for her husband Harvey, a scientist, to return to England from Camp Devens in the USA, where hes struggling to save lives. But will Harvey make it home safely or will Eves life, like thousands of others, be changed for ever by the disaster?

September, 1918: the First World War is nearly over and no one wants to admit that a new and deadly menace has arrived which will sweep through the world. Eve waits at home in England while her husband Harvey, a scientist, works in Camp Devens in the USA where hundreds of young soldiers have fallen sick with the virulent form of influenza. No-one is safe as parents die, leaving motherless children. Fortunately for young Kate Beatty and her sister, Eve steps in when the family is stricken by the disease. James Ferber, an army pathologist in Camp Devens, befriends Harvey as the two men struggle to save army lives, but one of the two will suffer the consequences of trying. And Eve's life, like thousands of others, is changed forever by the disaster...