Physical description

Book has no dustjacket, is bound with blue book cloth and has gold text on the spine

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'M Ropers[?]' [pencil top of first page]
'B16' [pencil top of first page]
'RETURNED NURSES CLUB OF VICTORIA / SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [stamp on title page]

Summary

'As the effects of the war raging in Europe begins to be felt at home in London, Monica Dickens decides to do her bit and to pursue a new career, and so enrols as a student nurse at a hospital in rural Hertfordshire. By nature clever and spirited, she struggles to submit to the iron rule of the Matron and Sisters, and is alternately infuriated and charmed by her patients. That's not to mention the mountains of menial work that are a trainee's lot. But there are friends among the staff and patients, night-time escapades to dances with dashing army men, and her secret writing project to keep her going.' [From Trove record]