The Country Nurse Remembers by Mary J Macleod

The Country Nurse Remembers by Mary J Macleod

From the Bestselling Author of Call the Nurse and Nurse, Come You Here , the Moving Story of Her Young Life and Her Path to Independence through Training to Be a Nurse--A Must-Read Suggestion for Fans of the BC's Call the Midwife (Booklist)

Mary MacLeod's mother died in childbirth when Mary was five, an event that marked for the child a before time--a lost joyful time--and after. She was shunted from one relative to another while her father coped with his grief. He married again only nine months later, perhaps to have a mother for his child, but her new mum, harsh and withholding of her love, quickly exerted complete control over her thoughts and deeds, with her father oblivious. Her name was changed to her stepmother's choice of Julia. Yet the pale, thin, quiet little girl didn't know she was unhappy: things were just the way they were.

Narrating from the perspective of the child she was but with the understanding and empathy of the nurse and mother she became, the author of Call the Nurse recounts the moving, intimate, indelible story of her young life, growing up in rural England near Bath, relishing the good times when her stepmother was friendly or she helped her father in the garden, experiencing the world war--air raids and blackouts, the war effort, evacuees, German prisoners--winning a scholarship, leaving home to train for three years as a nurse, and gradually finding her way as an independent woman.

MARY J.MACLEOD was born in Somerset, received her education in Bath, and completed her training as a state licensed nurse in Bristol. She worked as a nurse in Bristol, London, Bedfordshire, and the Hebrides before retiring. She lives in Cornwall with her husband and two dogs and has four children, five granddaughters, and five great-grandchildren.

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ISBN 13	9781950691296
ISBN 10	1950691292
Title	The Country Nurse Remembers
Author	Mary J Macleod
Series	The Country Nurse
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Arcade Publishing
Year published	2020-02-11
Number of pages	360
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