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Flying Angels

by Danielle Steel

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"Audrey Parker's life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there, poised to fulfill their late father's distinguished legacy. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses. Risking their lives on perilous missions, they join the elite Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron and fly into enemy territory almost daily to rescue wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Audrey and Lizzie make enormous sacrifices to save lives alongside an extraordinary group of nurses: Alex, who longs to make a difference in the world; Louise, a bright mind who faced racial prejudice growing up in the South; Pru, a selfless leader with a heart of gold; and Emma, whose confidence and grit push her to put everything on the line for her patients. Even knowing they will not achieve any rank and will receive little pay for their efforts, the "Flying Angels" will give their all in the fight for freedom. They serve as bravely and tirelessly as the men they rescue on the front lines, in daring airlifts, and are eternally bound by their loyalty to one another. Danielle Steel presents a sweeping, stunning tribute to these incredibly courageous women, inspiring symbols of bravery and valor." --… (more)
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I normally like Ms. Steel's books but I thought that this one missed many details of war that nurses would have seen. I recently read "The Women" which was much more real. ( )
  marciablnc | Mar 21, 2024 |
This was a really good book. I enjoyed reading the brave nurses who were flight nurses during WWII. This group of female nurses were the ones to get soldiers from the front lines and transfer them to the hospitals for further treatment. The story follows Emma and Audrey from the time they’re training to be nurses until they are training for the medivac corps. Along they way, they meet four other nurses and the book alternates their stories. This was a wonderful read and I highly recommend it. There are some life loss in this book but overall a great read. ( )
  dabutkus | Sep 4, 2022 |
Couldn’t get into this book. Even though it’s ww2 and I love ww2 fiction. This book wasn’t great. ( )
  Layla.Ann.Ashby | Apr 5, 2022 |
Steel has taken a fascinating chapter in WWII and managed to pulp it down to her usual level. She follows the lives and fortunes of six young women (each a perfect by-the-numbers cliché) serving in Britain's Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron, serving as nurses to critically wounded soldiers being evacuated from combat zones.

From this rich potential, she has served up a bland porridge with all the emotional impact of a pot roast recipe. Steel tells, never shows, as the characters go through predictable by-the-numbers events of young women leaving their families, forming new friendships, and finding romance.

It remains a mystery of the ages how she has managed to get over 140 novels published, let alone see the majority of them shoot to the tops of the best-seller lists. ( )
  LyndaInOregon | Jan 1, 2022 |
This is one of my favorite Danielle Steel novels. Set during WWII, it’s the story of Audrey Parker, who after high school graduation, goes to nursing school to better care for her mother who has Parkinson’s. Dec. 7, 1941, changed that. Her brother a Navy pilot is killed and after her mother’s death, Audrey and her nursing school friend, Lizzy, join the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron to help the war effort. While in training they meet Louise a black woman from the south and must continually fight segregation in this elite group of nurses. In fact, all the women do. The pay is low and there is little recognition of the challenging and dangerous work they do. There’s a lot of backstories which is necessary for the reader to understand the different background of the women in the story. They were truly flying angels. ( )
  brangwinn | Dec 21, 2021 |
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"Audrey Parker's life changes forever when Pearl Harbor is attacked on December 7, 1941. Her brother, a talented young Navy pilot, had been stationed there, poised to fulfill their late father's distinguished legacy. Fresh out of nursing school with a passion and a born gift for helping others, both Audrey and her friend Lizzie suddenly find their nation on the brink of war. Driven to do whatever they can to serve, they enlist in the Army and embark on a new adventure as flight nurses. Risking their lives on perilous missions, they join the elite Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron and fly into enemy territory almost daily to rescue wounded soldiers from the battlefield. Audrey and Lizzie make enormous sacrifices to save lives alongside an extraordinary group of nurses: Alex, who longs to make a difference in the world; Louise, a bright mind who faced racial prejudice growing up in the South; Pru, a selfless leader with a heart of gold; and Emma, whose confidence and grit push her to put everything on the line for her patients. Even knowing they will not achieve any rank and will receive little pay for their efforts, the "Flying Angels" will give their all in the fight for freedom. They serve as bravely and tirelessly as the men they rescue on the front lines, in daring airlifts, and are eternally bound by their loyalty to one another. Danielle Steel presents a sweeping, stunning tribute to these incredibly courageous women, inspiring symbols of bravery and valor." --

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