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Clara Durling, a British widow of the First World War, arrives in Canada as the new superintendent of the Lethbridge Hospital just as wounded soldiers stream home. Lily Parsons is a young, widowed schoolteacher from Nova Scotia who ends up in the same city, managing a brothel called The Last Post.
Set against the backdrop of love, union organizers, amorous bachelors, gamblers, drinkers, and prostitutes, the lives of these two women unexpectedly intertwine when Clara, in the heat of local politics and responding to the highest incidence of venereal disease in the province, establishes the first venereal disease clinic in the province, with Lily’s help. In this sprawling saga, Lily and Clara must confront the city’s conservative thinkers to bring help and compassion to wounded veterans.
Clara Durling, a British widow of the First World War, arrives in Canada as the new superintendent of the Lethbridge Hospital just as wounded soldiers stream home. Lily Parsons is a young, widowed schoolteacher from Nova Scotia who ends up in the same city, managing a brothel called The Last Post.
Set against the backdrop of love, union organizers, amorous bachelors, gamblers, drinkers, and prostitutes, the lives of these two women unexpectedly intertwine when Clara, in the heat of local politics and responding to the highest incidence of venereal disease in the province, establishes the first venereal disease clinic in the province, with Lily’s help. In this sprawling saga, Lily and Clara must confront the city’s conservative thinkers to bring help and compassion to wounded veterans.
Authors
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- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781459728967 9781459728974
- LCCN
- PR9199.4.J6487
- LCCN Item number
- M38 2015eb
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- CaBNVSL
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- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (327 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)kck00235998 (OCoLC)924819892 (CaOOCEL)448579
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Copyright 5
- Chapter 1 8
- Chapter 2 24
- Chapter 3 37
- Chapter 4 48
- Chapter 5 59
- Chapter 6 68
- Chapter 7 91
- Chapter 8 107
- Chapter 9 115
- Chapter 10 124
- Chapter 11 128
- Chapter 12 139
- Chapter 13 154
- Chapter 14 162
- Chapter 15 170
- Chapter 16 181
- Chapter 17 195
- Chapter 18 204
- Chapter 19 212
- Chapter 20 224
- Chapter 21 237
- Chapter 22 251
- Chapter 23 262
- Chapter 24 273
- Chapter 25 288
- Chapter 26 295
- Chapter 27 301
- Chapter 28 308
- Chapter 29 314
- Chapter 30 325
- Acknowledgements 327