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17. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 05:08 PM

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And "old book" from 2003 that I just discovered and was taken by it.

A young girl working as a maid at an aristocratic home, being taken by a mentor to study and then decides to volunteer as a nurse during WWI.

The misery of the war, especially at the first aid tents during a harsh winter are grabbing at one's heart.

The book starts at 1929 when Maisie now has her own business as an investigator but then jumps to 1914 to the start of the war.

I have never read "All Quiet on the Western Front" but have heard of it. When Maisie is back from the war, her mentor gives her a new book, that one.

Will be looking for the next in the series.

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