by EvelynPrentis (Author)
'It must be stressed from the start that I was not a born nurse. Not every girl is. Not every nurse is either, however wholeheartedly she may throw herself into the project once she gets going. Born nurses can be easily recognised. They have a little something the others haven't got which never seems to desert them however desperate the circumstances may become' Desperate circumstances were something Evelyn Prentis had to get very used to when she began her life as a nurse. It was in 1934 that Evelyn left home for the first time to enrol as a trainee at a busy Nottingham hospital in the hope of GBP25 a year. A Nurse in Time is her affectionate and funny account of those days of dedication and hardship, when never-ending nightshifts, strict Sisters and permanent hunger ruled life, and joy was to be found in a late-night pass and a packet of Woodbines.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 03 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 0091941350
ISBN 13: 9780091941352
Book Overview: A nostalgic nurse's memoir in the bestselling vein of Call the Midwife and Nurse on Call