Not Your Average Nurse: From 1970s London to Outback Australia, the True Story of an Unlikely Girl and an Extraordinary Career
May 2017 · Sold by Random House Australia
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To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it’s never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at London’s King’s College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It’s sink or swim.
In a delightful romp through time, played out against the march of feminism and the fashion, music and movies of almost half a century ago, we follow Maggie’s highs and lows as with trial and much error she becomes a highly skilled nurse and sets sail for a new life in Australia.
From the watchful gaze of stern ward sisters and the ordeals of nursing at a poor housing estate to becoming an industrial nurse at the iconic Sydney Opera House, Maggie shares her stories of mistakes and mayhem, tea and sympathy, and the life-affirming moments that make it all worthwhile.
In a delightful romp through time, played out against the march of feminism and the fashion, music and movies of almost half a century ago, we follow Maggie’s highs and lows as with trial and much error she becomes a highly skilled nurse and sets sail for a new life in Australia.
From the watchful gaze of stern ward sisters and the ordeals of nursing at a poor housing estate to becoming an industrial nurse at the iconic Sydney Opera House, Maggie shares her stories of mistakes and mayhem, tea and sympathy, and the life-affirming moments that make it all worthwhile.
To a young girl the life of a student nurse sounds exciting, but with long hours and short shrift it’s never easy. So when Maggie Groff embarks as a student nurse at London’s King’s College Hospital she must quickly get to grips with the demands of her chosen career. It’s sink or swim.
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Sally Shepherd
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May 14, 2017
Entertaining and enlightening 😊
About the author
Maggie Groff is a multi-award-winning Australian novelist, columnist and non-fiction writer whose work has been translated and published internationally. She is the author of three non-fiction books: the best-selling Mothers Behaving Badly (1999), Hoax Cuisine (2001) and Not Your Average Nurse (2017). Maggie is also the author of the two highly-acclaimed crime novels featuring investigative reporter Scout Davis: Mad Men, Bad Girls (2012) and Good News, Bad News (2013).
Maggie Groff is a multi-award-winning Australian novelist, columnist and non-fiction writer whose work has been translated and published internationally. She is the author of three non-fiction books: the best-selling Mothers Behaving Badly (1999), Hoax Cuisine (2001) and Not Your Average Nurse (2...
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