Dog Dirt Doris

Anzio, Italy, 1944. Allied forces storm the front line, while fighters patrol the skies, keeping Germanys Luftwaffe at bay. Queen Alexandras Nurses tend to wounded soldiers as the air raid siren wails and prepares the field hospital for another attack. Florence, 1945. Down the cobbled street a handsome Italian strolls hand in hand with a beautiful British nurse, it is easy to see they are in love. London, 1966. Two lonely vagabonds huddle in a shop doorway, shielding themselves from pounding rain and relying on each other for warmth. As with all lives, they should not be judged on the merits of the surrounding in which the person is first encountered, but by the complete understanding and quality of the person, if they should then be judged at all. Dog Dirt Doris, by H.O. Ward, is a fictitious representation of a life that journeys through the trauma of war as a tender and caring Queen Alexandra Nurse, to romance in Renaissance Florence, and a lost and tragic existence as a homeless vagabond on the streets of London.