Physical description

Front and back covers have central off white panels with orange columns on either side, and two horizonal black lines. Above the top line, 'PENGUIN BOOKS' is printed in orange ink. Under this line are printed the author and title, then a simple line drawing of two nurses, with a brief review of the book [all black ink] Below the bottom line is the price [4/-] and the words 'COMPLETE UNABRIDGED'. the Penguin logo is printed on the right hand column. Author, title, Penguin logo and '195' are also printed on the spine. On the back cover of the book is a black and white photgraph of the author and a brief biography

Publication type

fiction

Summary

This is a fictionalized account of the one year the author spent training to be a nurse during World War II "The most striking thing about the book is that for all the emphasis on trivial irritations, momotony, hardship, mental stulificaion and lck of appreciation, Miss Dickens succeeds, almost in spite of herself, in conveying the essential nobility of the profession and the supreme satisfaction of a life saved"[ 'Listener' review]