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Brave Faces by Mary Arden [Arden, Mary] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Brave Faces about?

Brave Faces is Mary Arden's story as she moves from her privileged English upbringing to dealing with the realities of World War II. Mary's memoir gives an insight into the changes in society that took place with the advent of war. As the Second World War breaks out, Mary's parents are determined that their daughter's privileged upbringing should continue, and that life should carry on as much as normal. She is sent to finishing school and becomes a debutante attending 'coming out' balls in London, despite the nightly bombing raids. However, Mary is determined to do her bit for the war effort, and volunteers to serve as a Red Cross Nurse, before joining the WRNS. Accepted into the WRNS, not as an officer, but as 'other rank', Mary has to learn to live a very different kind of life to the one she was brought up to expect. She is used to being chaperoned, only talking to men she has been 'introduced' to, so it's an almost impossible task for her Senior WREN Officer to find a...

Who reads Brave Faces?

Author

Mary Arden [Arden, Mary]

Publisher

Troubador Publishing Limited

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781784629809

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

3.9 / 5 (52 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14