An excellently told story, from 3 perspectives about the Angels of Bataan and Corregidor, the experiences of nurses on the Philippines during WW2.

Each woman featured in the book went thru so many horrific experiences as nurses and POWs during the Japanese invasion and occupation of the islands. There are stating to be more and more stories coming from WW2 in the Pacific where there have been so few prior, which is so valuable.

I loved how invested I was in each of the characters, Eleanor, Penny, and Lita, as I followed them thru what they felt, saw, and went thru. There was so much hope that was necessary during that time just to survive what their captors put them thru, and the authors displayed that brilliantly.

I also loved the friendship and encouragement each woman had, as well as the stamina, resilience and endurance all the women and nurses put into their patients, people they determined to save, and for each other during the worst of circumstances. Any story of women building up and fighting for each other is a story I wholeheartedly root for. And with their romances, it wasn’t a tied up in a bow ending which I also appreciated.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Comments and opinions are mine alone.