Overview

At the age of 18, Eleanor goes to France to enter a convent, after four years of struggling with the religious life, she becomes a nun, and then trains as a midwife in a large innercity hospital in Liverpool. While Beatlemania grips the nation, she is trying to coordinate the demands of th religious life with the drama, excitement and occasional tragedy of the hospital world. Written with honesty and affection, this is an intimate portrait of convent and hospital life.

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Author:   The Wright Sisters
Publisher:   SPCK Publishing
Imprint:   Lion Books
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.264kg
ISBN:  

9780745956114

ISBN 10:   0745956114
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 June 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

"Contents Ack nowledgments 7 PART 1: Entry 9 1 A n Ordinary Girl 11 2 The Furies at the Door 18 3 A Very Big Decision 24 4 First Impressions 29 5 Black Pudding 35 6 A Real Beginning 38 7 Le arning the Ropes 42 8 Secrets and Mysteries 52 9 House Training 58 PART 2: Noviciate 71 10 ""Taking the Veil"" 73 11 A Novice’s Life for Me! 81 12 So Much to Learn, to Love, and to Understand 88 13 Music and a Pink Corset 96 14 Holiday Time 101 15 Crisis 111 16 Death and Sister Pauline 120 17 The Turkey Experience 126 18 A ""Hustings"" and the delights of Literature 132 19 A Sawdust Carpet and a private Epiphany 138 PART 3: Profession 149 20 St Julien’s School, Le Mans 151 21 W retchedness in romiley 158 22 A Happy house and a Change of Direction 164 23 Broadgreen, Val Doonican, and Other Oddities 170 24 Re newal of Vows and ""Night Duty"" 179 25 A New Broom and Family Worries 188 26 The Burns Unit and a Child Called David 197 27 Gh astly Gynae! 203 28 More Night-time Drama and that ""Lovin’ Feeling"" 209 29 Midwifery, Three-Year Vows and Uncertainty 218 30 The ""Leaving of Liverpool"" 229 Glossary 237"

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