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Nobody's Daughter by Julietgraceeee
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Orphaned young and raised Irish-American, Josephine Dare learns early how to endure loss. Drawn to medicine for its order and purpose, she enters the U.S. Army as a surgeon just as the world descends into war. On December 7, 1941, Josephine is stationed at Pearl Harbor when the attack begins. Shot amid the chaos, she refuses evacuation and continues operating, saving lives long after her strength should have failed. By nightfall, her actions have already become legend. She survives the Pacific Theater, carrying the weight of relentless casualties and impossible decisions, before being transferred to England, where she is embedded with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment-Easy Company. There, war becomes intimate and unrelenting, measured in mud, blood, and exhausted men who trust her with their lives. Among paratroopers hardened by combat, Josephine becomes a constant presence-a healer who never looks away, even as the cost of survival carves itself into her bones. Each operation leaves its mark. Each loss follows her into the dark. As the fighting intensifies, Josephine must confront the truth no training can prepare her for: courage does not make one invincible. How much can a single person endure before the weight of war finally breaks them? Now returned from the Pacific and sent to England, Elsa is assigned as regimental surgeon to the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, men preparing for an invasion few expect to survive. Among paratroopers and officers hardened by loss, she becomes their constant-patching bodies, steadying nerves, and carrying the weight of every life placed in her hands. But endurance has its limits. As D-Day approaches, Elsa begins to confront the cost of survival, the quiet damage left by heroism, and the terrifying truth that even the strongest can break.
Winfred by titanically-
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The Women's Guard, The Soldier, The Nazi, The Spy. The Spy turned Prisoner. As they say, dead men (or women, as the case may be) tell no tales. But Kathleen Winfred isn't dead; she managed to escape. Now, the story of her capture by Nazis in occupied France, and her time spent in a hotel-turned-prison must be reported to her superiors. Most stories like Kathleen's are simple: captured, taken prisoner, and, finally, a daring or lucky escape to freedom. But Kathleen's is a little more complicated than that, and to sort out what goes to her superiors in the end, she has to wade through the memories first. ..... M i l e s t o n e s: 2014: Watty's Winner: In Progress Story Award: Watty's Surprise Award for an in progress story. 06/26/2016: Reached #11 in Historical Fiction
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The Opposite of Falling Apart by titanically-
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WATTPAD BOOKS EDITION There are imperfect moments in every life-but sometimes, there are perfect accidents . . . What's the point of pretending nothing has changed when everything has? It's the last summer before college, and Jonas Avery knows he should be excited. Instead, he hides out at home, avoiding his friends, his family, and everything that resembles his old life. Because nothing will be normal again-because of The Accident, when everything started falling apart. Brennan Davis knows she needs to stand up and face her anxiety-the deep, dark, debilitating dread that rules her everyday life. Because what stops her from going out into the world and just living is going to get a whole lot worse. She's leaving for college in the fall, where she'll be confronted with even more to worry about. To get back up sometimes you have to fall down, hard . . . When Jonas crashes into Brennan-in a harmless, albeit embarrassing fender bender-the two teens connect in ways they never expected. As friends, they help each other overcome their biggest falls and faults, and soon discover that while love can't fix everything, it's sometimes a place to start. Sensitive, wry, and unabashedly authentic, The Opposite of Falling Apart isn't about finding perfection in another person or fixing the things we think are broken. Instead, Micah Good has penned an enchantingly honest novel about accepting the very pieces of ourselves that make us unique, whole, and undeniably human.