The Red Cross Girls in Belgium

Four young American women, all members of the Red Cross, have already spent months tending to wounded soldiers in the British trenches and later in a quiet French farmhouse. Their days are a mixture of hard‑won nursing work, fleeting moments of peace in fragrant woods, and the tangled emotions that arise when duty meets personal longing. A budding friendship with a French countess and a tense encounter with a decorated French officer add layers of intrigue to their wartime service.

Now the quartet has been sent to Belgium, where the landscape is scarred by conflict yet hints of new growth appear among the ruins. They settle in a large house on the outskirts of Brussels, awaiting orders while the war’s uncertainty looms. One of the nurses, Eugenia, steps away from the group, drawn to a solitary cottage and a secret purpose that hints at challenges yet to unfold.