PatienceDarton’sunpublishedlettersandpapersfrom1930sSpainand1950sChinaareattheheartofthisnewbiographybyAngelaJackson,togetherwithtestimonyfromrecordedinterviewsandawealthofphotographsthatillustratethelifeofthisremarkablewoman.’ForusitwasHeaven’tellsthestoryofayoung,uppermiddle-classnurseinthe1930swhobecomesdramaticallycaughtupinSpain’scivilwarandthepassionatepoliticalissuesofhertimes,butwhoseintimatewritingsrevealemotionsandattitudesthatwillstrikeachordwithmostself-awareanddeterminedwomentoday.WhilePatiencenursednearthefrontlinesinSpain,shemetandfellinlovewithRobert,aGermanvolunteerintheInternationalBrigades,deeplycommittedtofightingfascism.Theirpassionaterelationshipcolouredtherestofherlonglife,takinghertocommunistChinaandthen,finally,backtoSpain.PublishedinassociationwiththeCanadaBlanchCentreforContemporarySpanishStudies.
