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   Who are the Durance sisters in the Daughters of Mars?

   • The Daughters of Mars (the title refers to the Roman god of war) is the work of a master storyteller, sharing a tale that is simultaneously sprawling and intimate. The two Durance sisters, Sally and Naomi, farm girls from the fertile Macleay Valley of eastern Australia, journey from their home in 1914, volunteering as nurses for the war's duration.

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   Who is Naomi Durance in the Daughters of Mars?

   • The Daughters of Mars is a 2012 novel by Australian novelist Tom Keneally. Sally and Naomi Durance are two nurses from country New South Wales who are shipped to Egypt during World War I end up on the Red Cross hospital ship Archimedes, stationed in the Dardanelles. The novel follows the sisters through that campaign and on to northern Europe.

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   What is 'The Daughters of Mars' about?

   • The Daughters of Mars is a searing and profoundly moving tale that brings World War I to vivid, concrete life from an unusual perspective. This novel pays tribute to men and women of extraordinary moral resilience even in the face of the incomprehensible horrors of modern war.

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   What is Thomas Kenneally's new book 'The Daughters of Mars' about?

   • She posts daily at Blog Cabin. Thomas Kenneally's new novel, The Daughters of Mars, follows two Australian sisters who become nurses in World War I. Reviewer Jean Zimmerman says the book is "the work of a master storyteller, sharing a tale that is simultaneously sprawling and intimate."

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   Is 'the Daughters of Mars' a good book?

   • Alan Riding in The New York Times found that " The Daughters of Mars is a long book, with ample room for multiple characters and numerous subplots, not a few involving love affairs between our circle of nurses and assorted doctors, orderlies and soldiers.

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   Who are Naomi and Sally Durance?

   • Naomi and Sally Durance become friends amid the carnage in 'The Daughters of Mars' by Thomas Keneally. They display great bravery, humor, and compassion, and are inspired by the remarkable women they serve alongside. Yet, they also encounter hostility from some on their own side.

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   Jun 1, 2012 · Naomi and Sally Durance are sisters from the Macleay district of NSW, both working as nurses at the outbreak of WWI. Naomi had taken herself off to work at a big hospital in Sydney while Sally stayed home with her parents and nursed at the local District hospital.

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   Aug 20, 2013 · Consider the differences between Naomi and Sally Durance at the beginning of the novel. Why has Naomi left home, and why has Sally stayed? What feelings does each sister seem to have for the other?

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   In 1915, Naomi and Sally Durance, two spirited Australian sisters, join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father’s farm and carrying a guilty secret with them. Amid...

   • Author: Thomas Keneally
   • Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 2013

   • Edition: reprint
   • Title: The Daughters of Mars: A Novel

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   Oct 13, 2014 · When we first meet the Durance sisters, they are leading very different lives: Naomi has left home and has gone to work at a hospital in Sydney, while Sally has remained on the family dairy farm in the Macleay Valley and is caring for their sick mother.

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   Aug 20, 2013 · The two Durance sisters, Sally and Naomi, farm girls from the fertile Macleay Valley of eastern Australia, journey from their home in 1914, volunteering as nurses for the war's duration....

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   May 5, 2016 · Sister act. Initially, the two sisters, Naomi and Sally Durance, have quite a strained relationship. When the book opens, their mother, who has endured an agonising battle with cancer, has died at home, where the pair of them have taken it in turns to offer palliative care.