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Evelyn Prentis

    Evelyn Prentis fue una narradora que se inspiró en sus experiencias como enfermera. Su prosa se caracteriza por agudas observaciones de la naturaleza humana, a menudo impregnada de un sutil ingenio. Prentis capturó las complejidades de la vida cotidiana, explorando la resiliencia y la compasión de sus personajes. Sus obras son un testimonio de su vida extraordinaria y su pasión por la narrativa.

    Matron at Last
    A Nurse in Time
    A Nurse and Mother
    A Nurse in Action
    Matron in Charge
    • From the door-slamming Miss Cromwell to Mrs Silver's shoplifting and Mrs May coming over all queer, being Matron in charge of the Lodge was rarely straightforward.

      Matron in Charge
    • A Nurse in Action

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Not only did the nurses have to cope with stray bombs and influxes of patients from as far away Dunkirk, but there were also RAF men stationed nearby - which caused considerable entertainment and disappointment, and a good number of marriages ...

      A Nurse in Action
    • Soon Evelyn realised she had to find part-time work to make ends meet, and to her astonishment she was offered part-time hours at her old hospital.

      A Nurse and Mother
    • A Nurse in Time

      • 317 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      'It must be stressed from the start that I was not a born nurse. They have a little something the others haven't got which never seems to desert them however desperate the circumstances may become'Desperate circumstances were something Evelyn Prentis had to get very used to when she began her life as a nurse.

      A Nurse in Time
    • She soon went off the idea when it started to get cold.'After working as a nurse for thirty years, Evelyn left the hospital to become a full-time Matron at The Lodge - a home for elderly ladies of reduced circumstances.

      Matron at Last