pickI thoroughly enjoyed this first Cherry Ames book (my #bookspin for Feb). I don't think it's a coincidence that the doll Molly McIntire gets for Christmas in the, now out of print, "Molly's Surprise" has dark hair and rosy cheeks.
pickIt was fun to follow Cherry's story, how she made friends and found her place in the new environment.
This was super fun to read, so nostalgic.
#spookoween #serieslove2024
pickDublin, World War I and Spanish flu epidemic. Nurse / midwife Julia Power works on a maternity / fever ward with women sick with the flu and giving birth.
It was quite interesting to read as a nurse and primigravida myself 😄 I enjoyed both the medical aspects and the characters.
Current #audiostitching project: still unrecognizable 😅
#medical #hisfic #nurse #midwife #ireland #litsylovereads
so-soCherry is Chief Nurse of an evacuation hospital on an island in the South Pacific. These early novels actively implore girls to study nursing so they can join the war effort. Cherry and her troop of nurses get bombed and treat soldiers close to the combat zone. It‘s a reminder how fierce and tenuous the war was with Japan. Unforgivable: the derogatory language about Japan. I can‘t wait until Cherry has adventures in civilian nursing. 🌴
pickSorry for being MIA on Litsy. I‘ve been busy with work and reading. Cherry joins the army in book 3 of the series. She survives basic training and gets deployed to Central America. She blindly trusts the “miracles” of science and medicine which probably led to toxic chemicals being used to combat malaria. If only public health work were that simple…
This was a reread for me in my quest to read the entire Cherry Ames series in order. It surprised me how much I forgot! I only remembered the exciting stolen penicillin plot, but the heart of the novel is Cherry‘s love of all things nursing. She gets a taste of ward management, OR, L&D, and PACU. 💊
This is my first Adriana Trigiani. Reading this with a friend for a friendly book club. I met Ms. Trigiani in October 2023 and she is an amazing human being!
