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1914: A hospital on the marshes that has never admitted a single patient….
Paper Sisters
What you need to know before your trail
As the First World War approaches, three women are living, trapped between the unforgiving marsh, the wide, relentless river, and the isolation of the fen. Their lives are held fast by profound grief, haunted by the spectres of the past. Trapped by the looming presence and eerie stillness of a hospital that has never admitted a single patient. Eleanor longs to escape. To make a life with the man she loves, leaving her sister, and all her ghosts behind. Clara’s marriage is crumbling and violent and she yearns for peace and security for both herself and her innocent children. Meanwhile, Lily, a formidable force of will, stands resolute against the relentless tide of change. She will stop at nothing, no matter the devastating cost, to ensure that life, and her family, remain frozen in an unyielding embrace of the past.
Locations
Reset- England - Lincolnshire
- A: Port Sutton Bridge
- B: Sutton Bridge village
- C: Petter Sutton Lighthouse
- D: Fenland isolation hospital
Travel Guide
The isolated Fen hospital
See the locations and pictures here – Authors on Location
The author has a very interesting reason to want to write this book – her family were the building’s caretakers!
She wanted to research why the hospital was abandoned when the port stopped operating but why the hospital still remained open until 1950. It never had a single patient but was still regularly stocked with supplies.
Mystery upon mystery!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Paper Sisters
Destination/location: Lincolnshire, Sutton Bridge Author/guide: Rachel Canwell Departure Time: 1914
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