A Nurse Abroad
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- Synopsis
- Working in a hospital, wherever in the world it may be, tells you a lot about a town and the people who give it colour, pace and heart. It's where you can take the pulse of a community. In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse with the world at her feet. Her adventurous spirit meant she wasn't going to stay in North Wales, where she had grown up, and at the first opportunity she set sail for northern Canada to work among the Inuit people. Her extraordinary experiences fuelled her taste for remote places, and she soon took her skills to the Australian outback. Deadly snakes in the 'dunny', staff who went walkabout and maggot therapy were just some of the surprises she encountered working in a tough cattle-ranching community living in close proximity with Aboriginal people. Forty years later Anne returned to both countries to see how life has changed in Eskimo Point and Alice Springs, and what has become of its people and landscape. For almost fifty years Anne has brought her courage and compassion to those most in need of help all across the world. This is her remarkable story. Praise for Always the Children 'A magnificent life story. I feel humbled by Anne Watts' experiences' Jennifer Worth, author of Call the Midwife '[An] extraordinarily uplifting memoir' Sue Arnold, Guardian
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781471112829
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster
- Date of Addition:
- 05/24/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Anne Watts
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.