Physical description

Hardcover book with dustjacket. It has a green spine with black writing. The front shows a photographic image of a re-enactment of "The coming of light" (an annual commemoration of the arrival of the first missionaries on Thursday Island). The title is printed in large yellow letters across the top.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'R.N.Club' [Handwritten in blue ink on the first page]
'B9' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page]
'E.[?] Ferguson' [Handwritten in blue ink on the first page and scribbled out]
'RETURNED NURSES CLUB OF VICTORIA / SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [Stamped in purle ink on multiple pages]

Summary

Novelised account of the experiences of a nurse in the Torres Straits.