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Afternoon Reading: The Diaries of Edith Appleton

Afternoon Reading: The Diaries of Edith Appleton: Episode 2

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The Diaries of Edith Appleton

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Edie is moved to Etretat, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment

It is 1915 and Edie has been moved to a hospital in Etretat on the Normandy coast, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment.

Series of readings featuring extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working close to the front line during the First World War. 

It is 1915 and Edie has been moved to a hospital in Etretat on the Normandy coast, where she must supervise members of the Voluntary Aid Detachment. These are well-meaning but relatively untrained girls and, at times, Edie finds their presence somewhat trying. 

Read by Rachel Atkins

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Extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working near the front line in WWI

Series of three readings featuring extracts from the diaries of Edith Appleton, a nurse working close to the front line during the First World War

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