The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.5 - Lady With A Lamp

2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale.
Read a book with a nurse or a midwife as a central character. For this task a nurse is a person formally educated and trained in the care of sick or infirm people, such as a nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, or registered nurse.
Required: If the nurse/midwife is not mentioned in the GR description include a reference when you post.

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Would The English Patient work for this task? The nurse is only one of four main characters.

Bea wrote: "Would The English Patient work for this task? The nurse is only one of four main characters."

yes

Dlmrose wrote: "Bea wrote: "Would The English Patient work for this task? The nurse is only one of four main characters."

yes"

Thank you. However, I found one on my home shelves that will also work: Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse.

Will this work? The main character is a midwife.

My Name Is Mary Sutter

Kim wrote: "Will this work? The main character is a midwife.

My Name Is Mary Sutter"

yes

I think this should work, right?
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Ed wrote: "I think this should work, right?
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway"

yes

A recommendation for this task. I recently read My Sister, the Serial Killer and the main character is a nurse and a large portion of the book is spent at the hospital where she works!

Is this enough to substantiate she was a nurse? I would like to read
Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War

https://www.aahn.org/alcott

She being a Nurse is mentioned in the beginning and at the end

Joanne wrote: "Is this enough to substantiate she was a nurse? I would like to read
Louisa on the Front Lines: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War

https://www.aahn.org/alcott

She being a Nurse ..."

That works

What about Call the Midwife?

Kristine wrote: "What about Call the Midwife?"

sure

Will Maisie Dobbs qualify as a nurse? In book 1 of the series, it refers to her being a nurse in the war.
Maisie Dobbs

Cathy wrote: "Will Maisie Dobbs qualify as a nurse? In book 1 of the series, it refers to her being a nurse in the war.
Maisie Dobbs"

Any book in the series where she is practicing nursing would work.

Can I read Midwyf: Liza - Valerie Levy?

Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Can I read Midwyf: Liza - Valerie Levy?"

That would work.

Would a non-fiction talking about many nurses work Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War

thanks in advance!

Cindy wrote: "Would a non-fiction talking about many nurses work Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War

thanks in advance!"

Yes

Would a character who is a nursing student work?

Karen D wrote: "Would a character who is a nursing student work?"

sorry, no

Would a former nurse work?

For Misery by Stephen King the Wiki page Found Here says in the synopsis: "former nurse Annie brings him to her home, where Paul receives treatment and doses of pain medication."

So she is a former nurse, but is also nursing Paul back to health.

Tracey wrote: "Would a former nurse work?

For Misery by Stephen King the Wiki page Found Here says in the synopsis: "former nurse Annie brings him to her home, where Paul receives trea..."

yes