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Captures with grace and profundity the experience of immigrants and health workers - TASH AWA beautifully immersive coming-of-age tale set amongst the brilliance and bleakness of 1970s London - LOUISE HAREPenang, 1971. When Suyin Lim is offered the opportunity of a lifetime - a place as a trainee nurse in London's Bethnal Green Hospital - she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a year before. However, without warning her sister returns to Penang, a shadow of her former self and Suyin is forced to leave without any answers. Suyin soon finds herself starting a new life in London, falling in love with the vibrant city and its people and as she immerses herself in the gruelling but rewarding work of caring for her patients, she begins to understand what she really wants out of life . . . BETHNAL GREEN explores the themes of sacrifice and heartbreak, the power of using your voice and the will to build a life of one's own against the odds. It is also a powerful love letter to dedicated NHS workers from around the world, whose work touches countless lives every day. Heartstring-pulling and hopeful - SARAH TURNERA captivating immigrant story about a young nurse... I was hooked from the first page - LAUREN HO

Bethnal Green

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Captures with grace and profundity the experience of immigrants and health workers - TASH AWA beautifully immersive coming-of-age tale set... Read more

    Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 1/30/2025
    ISBN13: 9781786583475, 978-1786583475
    ISBN10: 178658347X

    Fiction , Historical Fiction

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    Captures with grace and profundity the experience of immigrants and health workers - TASH AWA beautifully immersive coming-of-age tale set amongst the brilliance and bleakness of 1970s London - LOUISE HAREPenang, 1971. When Suyin Lim is offered the opportunity of a lifetime - a place as a trainee nurse in London's Bethnal Green Hospital - she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with her sister, who left for the same path a year before. However, without warning her sister returns to Penang, a shadow of her former self and Suyin is forced to leave without any answers. Suyin soon finds herself starting a new life in London, falling in love with the vibrant city and its people and as she immerses herself in the gruelling but rewarding work of caring for her patients, she begins to understand what she really wants out of life . . . BETHNAL GREEN explores the themes of sacrifice and heartbreak, the power of using your voice and the will to build a life of one's own against the odds. It is also a powerful love letter to dedicated NHS workers from around the world, whose work touches countless lives every day. Heartstring-pulling and hopeful - SARAH TURNERA captivating immigrant story about a young nurse... I was hooked from the first page - LAUREN HO

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