In 1951 New Orleans\, Laura Marino works a s a nurse at Charity Hospital. She&rsquo\;s been home from World War II fo r six years\, but peacetime has brought its own challenges. She&rsquo\;s f rustrated at work\, and her childless marriage to Nicholas\, a surgeon she met in the Army\, is strained. \;
\nLaura is devastated when ne ws arrives that Frances\, her best friend from the front\, has taken her o wn life. Turning to the wartime journal she has kept hidden away\, Laura i s plunged back into memories of the bonds forged amid chaos on the front l ines of North Africa\, during the siege of Anzio\, and at a refugee camp i n Italy. \;
\nWhile her husband takes on an overseas assignment\ , Laura wrestles with her grief and guilt over Frances&rsquo\; death. Then she meets Boyer\, a wounded veteran who shares her pain. Their connection is intense&mdash\;and dangerous\, threatening to upend her life entirely. \;
\nTriage is an intimate portrait of a woman&rsquo\; s hard-won journey through love\, loss\, and a quest for redemption.
\nElisa M. Speranza is a writer\, literary citizen\, and the author of tw o historical novels\, Triage (2026) and The Italian Prisoner< /em> (2022)\, a finalist in the Faulkner-Wisdom Creative Writing Competiti on. She writes because she believes a good story\, well told\, can improve the human condition. She is drawn to characters who&rsquo\;ve been kept i n the shadows and deserve their due\, especially women. \;Elisa is boa rd chair and an instructor for the nonprofit New Orleans Writers Workshop (NOWW). She has been a featured author at the Tennessee Williams &\; Ne w Orleans Literary Festival\, the Louisiana Book Festival\, the Salem (MA) LitFest\, and Islanders Write. \;
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