![]() ![]() Here, she’s found memorable characters throughout the hospital population, from maverick nurses and emotionally repressed doctors to overly enthusiastic priests and shockingly difficult and self-absorbed relatives.īased on Shalof’s own experiences in various hospitals in Toronto and elsewhere, the book shows her going from a bumbling trainee to a competent, confident ICU nurse, conquering her terror and learning how to connect with patients, their families, and a tight circle of other nurses, many of whom are busy battling their own demons. She could also teach other authors a thing or two about how to recognize and sketch the essence of a character. Miraculously, having spent almost 20 years working in an intensive care unit, Shalof somehow knows more about economy of language and maintaining good pace than does many a professional memoir writer. Which is too bad, because as it turns out, the main reason to open the book is that it’s a cracking good read. ![]() ![]() Given the uninspiring title, and the fact that nursing has become such a politically charged subject, that would be a natural first assumption. The key error that potential readers of A Nurse’s Story could make is to assume that the book is chiefly a worthy, public-interest kind of volume the kind that a good citizen really ought to get around to perusing some day. ![]()
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