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|title=The Daughters of Mars

|sort=Daughters of Mars, The

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9780340951873

|pages=528

|publisher=Sceptre

|date=October 2012

|amazonus=<amazonus>0340951877</amazonus>

|website=

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|summary=World War I experiences of the Australian, Durance sisters who volunteer for nursing duties in far off Europe. Expertly researched story, full of compassion and human spirit, this is a fitting tribute to the brave volunteers - and with an ending that you will want to talk about with other readers.

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Expectations ahead of Thomas Keneally's ''The Daughters of Mars'' are understandably high. He regularly features on the Booker shortlist and has won the prize in the past with ''Shindler's Ark''. While his subject matter, World War I, is hardly the most original, his slant on the story is, and this is a book that deserves to sit with the very best of the many books on that subject, including ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' and ''Birdsong''. It's that good and that powerful.

In very much the same vein, [[Half of the Human Race by Anthony Quinn]] also looks at the contribution of women to the war effort, but from a very English perspective and is very highly recommended.

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[[Category:Historical Fiction]]