This was a very good book. The title just says it all. This is an autobiography of not just the struggles of becoming a nurse in the 70's but also her life outside of the hospital. Including relationships and studying of her o levels. It must also be noted that English was not her first language so she had the added stress of learning a new language. I found this book very interesting. It was so close to getting that 4th star. I have given it a 3.5 stars. For me I would of love at bit more descriptions of her learning and job and a little less romance. But the issues you deal with outside of your job could always affect your work etc. The author writes so well and it flowed well. I was engaged in the story and finished it in just over a day. I recommend this book to all those who love reading about what life is like trying to become a nurse. Suz has leas a very interesting life.

Many thanks to the author and publishers for bringing such an interesting book.

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The story of the making of a nurse in 1970's London. The author tells of her friendships, her patients & her love life. I really enjoyed the tales of her experiences on the wards & she captured the closeness of living, learning & working together & the friendships made. I would have liked a lot more of the hospital experiences & quite a lot less of her love life. However if it really ws a diary I suppose that would have been quite central. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review tis book.

A lovely read. The author writes about her experience of wanting to become a missionary with the nuns. She has no family to speak of and no education. She thinks this is the best thing for her to do. She is told that she needs to have a job so chooses to train as a nurse. During the years she excels at her job and not only does her nurse training but completes A levels and wins awards. However, that's not to say she had things easy....her experiences were not all good!

Good read, insightful and detailed and a look at her personal life as well as her job,I was once many years ago a student nurse and so as soon as saw this book knew was for me,interesting and honest

As a RN, I could relate to the words of this book so much. Highly recommend purchasing for anyone who has the dream of becoming a RN, one who is currently in nursing school, and ones who have been RN's for most of their life. Nursing is truly a calling and readers will be able to relate to so many of Evasdaughter's words.

The true story of a young woman embarking on a new life, career and journey of self-discovery Read it in a day with barely any breaks, but the breaks that I took just meant that I was thinking about it and wanted to get back to it!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review.
Memoirs of nursing school are interesting to me. This book did focus on her love life a bit more than I thought it really needed to, but the main part of that portion of her life, (I don't want to give spoilers) did tie into the rest of the story.

This book is a memoir of a young nurse who is just entering the field. I was really excited about this book because it fit in my favourite genre which is memoirs and was also about the medical field, a sub genre I am a bit obsessed with. Unfortunately I did not love this book as much as I thought I would! I had a hard time getting into it and found that the description of the setting (both time period and place) was a little vague so I had a hard time orienting myself. This was surprising because the book has been described as conjuring vivid pictures and capturing the era in which it was set. I also found the beginning of the story very slow and not that interesting. I think that this book is worth giving a try, especially if you are interested in medical memoirs like I am, but it just wasn't quite what I was hoping for.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the chance to read this book in return for a unbiased review

This was the telling of the training of a student nurse at Bethnal Green Hospital in the early 1970s. it was also a tale of her love life and losses and life in general in the east End of London.

I understand that the author has written a previous book about her childhood and obviously had had a rough early life and hence a lack of self-worth and confidence. But in spite of this, she decided to train as a nurse whilst working at nigh school to improve her qualifications. She seemed to be one of the types of students for whom study and learning came easy and she was able to rebel against authority and abide by the rules that suited her whilst ignoring those that did not.

I did have a vested interest in the training at Bethnal Green at that time - why? I trained as a student nurse at The London (now The Royal London) starting in 1976. I wore the uniform described and knew the area well.
However I was born and brought up in a rural town in Somerset, there are no medical people in the family whatsoever - in fact I was the first to leave home for a career and I certainly didn't need 3 'A' levels to attend The London. I didn't get the results of my 'A' levels until 2 weeks after I started my training and only sat 2 anyway. I did need 5 'O' levels to go anywhere other than the hospital in my home town but this applied to any London hospitals. .
So the seeming lack of detail I did find a little annoying - but I could 'hear' the patients talk to the author and some of the archaic attitudes of the consultants and the senior nursing staff did ring true and take me right back to my training.

I really enjoyed this book - I do enjoy books of this genre. It was well written though I did get annoyed with the endless quest for a doctor to marry that seemed to run throughout the novel. She certainly had different experiences - some harrowing.

Thank you again for the chance to read and review this book

I began reading this book with great enthusiasm it being one of my enjoyed subjects. I have read approximately 25% to date and am not finding this book an enjoyable read! The author seems to gloss over her training but her social and sex life are in minute detail!! I'm afraid I'm finding it a little too hard to read the rest of this title but, obviously, this is a very personal opinion and would like to take time to thank you for giving me this opportunity and, hopefully, may be given further books to review in future.

A really enjoyable read.
The author gives us an honest journey into her life as a nurse, the medical side and personal drama's.
I shall look for further books from Suz Evasdaughter.
I highly recommend this book.

My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy and leave my honest review.

I really enjoyed reading this book. Good, easy read. Very honest and forthright. I will look for other books by this author. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher of this book for the ARC. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on this review.

A great read.

I've read and really enjoyed this author's other memoir, 'Unwanted'. I was so pleased to discover she's written another book, and a medical memoir, which is one of my favourite genres.

This book chronicles her three years training as a nurse in the East End of London, and working in all the various hospital departments.

It was concise and easy to read. I find books like this so interesting, gripping and absorbing, and this certainly was all of those. It's not just about the medical stuff-it also includes travel; her relationships while training as a nurse; dramas with the doctors and nurses, as well as the patients. It's honest, emotional, informative, and moving.

I've read quite a few of this type of memoir, and still there are things in here I've not seen before. A great read.