There aren't as many good fiction stories set during WWI, so I was very pleased to be given access to this wonderful tale set during that time period. WWI is so fascinating to me, and I had a front row seat as the main characters (who I grew very fond of) struggled through the war. Engaging, romantic, and heartbreaking, this story was wonderful and I couldn't put it down.

This book is a treasure! I was caught up in this first world War novel and after finishing it, I'm surprised I havent heard more about it elsewhere. There wasn't much that I didn't like! The book is a tad heavy on romance but there is also a great mix of tragedy and the trauma experienced in the war. 5 stars from me!

A great read. I enjoyed reading it and it has a great plot and characters. I also look forward to more books from the author.

I enjoy dual time line books and the fact that this one was set during WWI was a new experience for me. I enjoyed the part of the story that focused on that time period because I have not read many books about WWI. This was a romance book, but not sick syrupy sweet.

I loved the trip back in time through the 100-year-old hidden letters that are discovered in the process of renovating a french farmhouse. It was fun to uncover the various similarities between the female characters as they were revealed. This story was emotional, devastating, encouraging, and full of growth and self discovery. The lesson that love can develop and grow during times of crisis is something we need to frequently be reminded.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperImpulsive Books for my advanced review copy. All opinions and thoughts are my own.

It has been awhile since I read this book. If you enjoy reading books set during WW2 then this is a story to be added to your TBR list. There are two stories at different timelines going on here. Both are sure to pull at your heartstrings!

DNF. Not really what I expected and a very boring read that I could not get into. The author lost herself in long and dragging sentences that made it hard to follow and harder to read.

An emotional and engaging dual time read set in world war one and more modern times. With the stories of 2 young women interweaving to form the narrative.

This is a richly descriptive piece of womens fiction with a lot going on and will appeal to anyone who enjoyes romantic fiction with plenty of depth and detail.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book in return for a review based upon my honest opinion.

Some of my favourite books are dual timeline stories and I loved that this book took place in World War I, there does seem to be as many historical fiction books from this era. The characters were lovely and both were well written, Gemma and Alice both faced so many struggles and trying to survive in a world torn about by war in such different ways. it was a breathtaking novel and left me thinking about it long after I read it.

The Poppy Field is a beautiful novel told in dual timelines from the war, to now in a small provincial town. The wartime story was beautifully told and a wonderful story of love in the hardest of times. The now story didn't quite measure up, i really just wanted more of Alice and Ed!!

Thank you to the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’m a huge fan of historical fiction, especially stories set in the WWII era. I do believe, however, this may be my first WWI era book. And it’s a good one!

Two women, both nurses, both dealing with loss and change. Their stories, although 100 years apart, connect through a series of letters left behind in an old farmhouse.

Beautiful story, well-written, and a unique perspective.

Love this book!! Couldn't put it down. Tale involves Gemma modern day trauma nurse dealing with loss and not sure of her direction and Alice volunteer nurse in World War One. The stories are told as Gemma reads letter that Alice had written 100 years ago. Beautiful written and provides a close look at the medical services during World War One in France.

I received an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from the publisher and am voluntarily reviewing it.

I wanted to love The Poppy Field but I just couldn't get into it. I finished it but there were more than a couple of times I wanted to quit. It started off rough and forced for at least the first 2 - 3 chapters. The writing felt wooden and stale. There were moments in the book when the author contradicted herself which I found really annoying. (Once she mentions a character has 6 children - 5 boys and 1 girl - but just a few pages later he has 5 children - 4 boys and 1 girl. Another time a character sees another character has a prosthetic leg while he's climbing a ladder but later she says she never would have known if he didn't tell her.) There are also two times I noticed that the author referred to the character by the wrong name (confusing the two male leads) and putting the character in the wrong timeline.

I also found that I enjoyed reading Alice's story much, much more than Gemma's so I started simply skimming Gemma's. I got the point but I didn't care about the details as much.

This is a great idea and a potentially beautiful narrative but there were too many inconsistencies and stilted writing for me to love it

The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr is a beautiful love story, set up in France and Britain.


Gemma and her family inherited a house where a cousin of her dad spent a lot of time there, if we consider that he left the house only when he was 98 years.

Gemma was sent by her father in loco for trying to see what kind of work of restoration the house needed. In their ideas, the house, once restored would have been sold.

Gemma finds the place lovely and discovers a new friend and great helper, de fact he does all the work of restoration at the house, in Tom. Gemma works in a traums unit and she doesn't still know that also Tom suffered an important injury.

Once, they discover while working a bunch of letters from a remote past from a certain Alice Le Breton.

We are in 1916 when Alice, a young british girl in the VAD works in a french camp. She made friendship with Mary Jones another nurse, they are both volunteers, and they made friendship while they were reaching their camp.
War presents a lot of horrors and sometimes a scenario pretty bad.
One day, Alice helps Captain Woodhall. Bad head injury, the captain will recover soon.
They will fall in love, but at that times it wasn't so simple as you will see.


Why the Poppy Field?

Let me add that when I was little I loved poppies, and that was why I decided to read this book. Intrigued by the plot and poppies.
We had and we have a lot of poppies in our fields. As a kid I loved to play with them all the times in our fields. Red, bright color, they are sunny and funny.

In that french area there were a lot of poppy fields and this romantic vision will be for both the protagonists a romantic start for an apparent, in the case of Alice, new life.

The first flower donated by Edward Woodhall to Alice was in fact a poppy flower.

Enjoy this book; it is a

historical, but at the same time contemporary novel with more than a touch of modern and old-fashioned romanticism.

I thank NetGalley for this ebook.

Gemma is nurse working in a trauma unit when she decides she need a break a and moves to France to renovate an old house that she has inherited. While clearing the house she discovers some old letters written by Alice a nursing assistant in WW1,

I really enjoyed this book the dual timelines worked well and I particularly found Alice's story fascinating with the descriptions of the horrors of nursing in WW1 and the conditions that they had to endure

This was an emotional read that I really liked. My heart was in my mouth as I read. I love these types of stories and am so glad I had the chance to review The Poppy Field.
Amazing with a capital A.

I have just finished reading The Poppy Field by Deborah Carr, I was kindly given a copy of this book by the publisher for an honest review.

The book is set both in present day and during World war I. It tells the story of Gemma who is recovering from a drama and has gone to France to prepare her Uncle's farm house for sale and of Alice who is working in a field hospital during World war one. They are both Nurses. Gemma finds Alice's letters hidden when she prepares to sell the cottage. This is a lovely well written love story but also with the horrors of what it was like foe soldiers during the war. I really enjoyed this story and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading historical fiction.

November 11, 2018 marked the 100 year anniversary of the end of WWI. I happened to be in Paris that week -- the weather was somber on that particular day, as was the mood. Now I have just finished reading "The Poppy Field" reliving the heartbreak of that war. It is an emotional novel filled with war, its horrors and its affects. It is a dual storyline, one that takes place in 2018, the other 1916-1918. Gemma, in 2018 is in Doullens, Northern France, where she is a trauma nurse who has taken a leave of absence and is now renovating an old farmhouse for her father. Alice is a nurse serving on the battlefield in 1916. During the renovation Gemma comes across letters written by Alice and the story begins...as Gemma reads the letters from the past, she sees a definite similarity between herself and Alice.

Historical fiction has long been my favorite genre and this book is now on top of that list. It was my privilege to read this, honoring those who served in so many ways. As well, I appreciate the research taken to make this book as captivating as is.

My thanks to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am a huge fan of historical fiction and love being immersed in a story while also learning more about a historical time period. Unfortunately, there was not much too Deborah Carr's book, either with the story or the history, in my opinion. While it was easy enough to read, it wasn't very well written and verged on being a romance novel versus historical fiction.

"The Poppy Field" takes place in two time periods. In the first half, Alice is a volunteer nurse working in France during World War I. Alice falls in love with Ed. In the other half, which takes place 100 years after the armistice, Gemma is reeling from a trauma and goes to France to renovate a cottage that was left to her father.

The characters are flat and one-dimensional, though I did prefer Alice over Gemma because the latter just seemed to whine about her life the whole time. The love stories in both were not very believable and amounted to the couple meeting and immediately falling in love and wanting to get married. It just seemed like it verged too much on a romance, as I already stated.

I really wanted to like this novel more, I just didn't feel like there was enough there. Other authors have tackled the subject of women in World War I much better and with more depth and eloquence. Try Aimie K. Runyan's "Girls on the Line" or Jennifer Robson's "Somewhere in France." In both, there is romance, but Runyan and Robson also write novels of substance and feeling.

This would have been a much higher rating but I felt that the writing let the story down. I really loved the actual story, essentially two romance stories, one set in the present day and one set 100 years ago during WWI in France. Both were good stories, Gemma in the present day meets Tom when she travels to France to renovate an old farmhouse that has been left to her father. There she finds some old letters, which leads to us meeting Alice who falls for Ed during the war. The farmhouse ties them together, but we don't find out how until much later in the story, and then not when we think we will which confused me slightly as I was expecting Alice's story to pick up where Gemma finishes her chapter. An enjoyable novel that I feel could have been better written.

Thanks to NetGalley and HarperCollins for a copy in return for an honest review.

The cover for this book is fantastic, it completely draws you in, and after reading the blurb, I knew it was a book I wanted to read.

I have read a few books by this author and she has a brilliant writing style and way of bringing the characters to life. This one was no different and I loved everything about it from the scene setting, through to the excellent characterisation and the storyline – everything about this book worked for me and I loved it – it is a brilliant piece of historical fiction.

Five stars from me, I really enjoyed it and it is definitely a book that will stay with me for a while – very highly recommended!