TY - BOOK AU - Bradshaw,Rita TI - Snowflakes in the wind SN - 1447271599 PY - 2016/// CY - [Place of publication not identified] PB - Macmillan KW - Single women KW - Fiction KW - England KW - London KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Nurses KW - Women prisoners of war KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Great Britain KW - Historical fiction KW - Thrillers (Fiction)| N2 - It's Christmas Eve 1920 when nine year old Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart by a terrible tragedy. Leaving everything she's ever known, Abby takes her younger brother and runs away to a tough, hard existence in the Border farming community. Years pass. Abby becomes a beautiful young woman and falls in love, but her past haunts her, casting dark shadows. Furthermore, in the very place she's taken refuge there is one who wishes her harm. With her heart broken, Abby decides to make a new life as a nurse. When WW2 begins, she volunteers as a QA and is sent overseas. However, life takes another unexpected and dangerous turn when she becomes a prisoner of the Japanese. It is then that Abby realizes whatever has gone before is nothing compared to what lies ahead ER -