Diary of a Country Nurse Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Fresh Start for the Country Nurse |
2025 |
Buy |
| Changing Seasons for the Country Nurse |
2025 |
Buy |
Nursing Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Miss Nightingale’s Nurses |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Liverpool Nurses |
2019 |
Buy |
| Daughters of Liverpool |
2019 |
Buy |
| Coming Home to Liverpool |
2020 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| An Angel’s Work |
2020 |
Buy |
| When the World Stood Still |
2021 |
Buy |
| The Sea Nurses |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Last Letter from Paris |
2023 |
Buy |
Kate Eastham is a former nurse who writes historical fiction about women in the nursing profession. Her books are set in Liverpool, wartime hospitals, and rural communities, and they focus on the working lives and personal struggles of nurses. She published her first novel, Miss Nightingale’s Nurses, in 2018.
Eastham’s work includes the Nursing series (four books set in Liverpool during the early twentieth century), the Diary of a Country Nurse series, and several standalone novels. Her standalone titles range from wartime settings to stories set in Paris. Readers who enjoy saga-style historical fiction with strong female characters will find a lot to appreciate in her work.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Kate Eastham written?
Kate Eastham has written ten books across three series.
What was Kate Eastham's first book?
Kate Eastham’s first book is Miss Nightingale’s Nurses, published in 2018.
Are Kate Eastham's books based on real events?
Her books are fiction, but they draw on real historical settings and the realities of nursing during wartime and other difficult periods. Eastham is a former nurse herself, and that background shows in the detail she brings to her characters’ working lives.