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A Fair Isle Nurse : Memoirs of the only medical professional in Fair Isle in the mid 1960s

McAlpine, Mona2022
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Memoirs of the only medical professional in Fair Isle in the mid 1960s. Often surrounded by sea mist or racked by relentless gales, the island of Fair Isle runs to its own rhythms.In the mid 1960s a young nurse arrived to begin working here, one of the most remote inhabited islands in BritainShe would be the sole provider of medical care for the local population.Her coming of age was dependent on the acceptance, support and kindness of the Fair Isle people. Would she succeed?
Main title:
A Fair Isle Nurse : Memoirs of the only medical professional in Fair Isle in the mid 1960s
Author:
McAlpine, Mona
Imprint:
Lerwick, Shetland : Shetland Wool Adventures, 2022.
Collation:
128 pages illustrations (colour) 20 cm.
Notes:
13 unnumbered pages of photographs at end of book.
ISBN:
9781800687646
Dewey class:
920610.73920 Z
Language:
English
Subject:
Nurses -- Scotland -- Shetland -- Fair IsleShetland (Scotland) -- Fair Isle
BRN:
3907968
Bookmark link:
https://orkney.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3907968

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