Overview
From acclaimed author and registered nurse Amanda Skenandore, The Alienist meets The Light of Luna Park in a fascinating historical novel based on the little-known story of Americaās first nursing school, as a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospitalās training school for nursesā¦
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āA spellbinding story, a vividly drawn setting, and characters that leap off the pages. This is historical fiction at its finest!ā ā Sara Ackerman, USA Today bestselling author of The Codebreakerās Secret
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Based on Florence Nightingaleās nursing principles, Bellevue is the first school of its kind in the country. Where once nurses were assumed to be ignorant and unskilled, Bellevue prizes discipline, intellect, and moral character, and only young women of good breeding need apply. At first, Una balks at her prim classmates and the doctorsā endless commands. Yet life on the streets has prepared her for the horrors of injury and disease found on the wards, and she slowly gains friendship and self-respect.Ā
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Just as she finds her footing, Unaās suspicions about a patientās death put her at risk of exposure, and will force her to choose between her instinct for self-preservation, and exposing her identity in order to save others.
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Amanda Skenandore brings her medical expertise to a page-turning story that explores the evolution of modern nursingāincluding the grisly realities of nineteenth-century medicineāas seen through the eyes of an intriguing and dynamic heroine.
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PRAISE FOR AMANDA SKENANDOREāS THE SECOND LIFE OF MIRIELLE WEST
āIn this superior historical, the authorās diligent research, as well as her empathetic depiction of those subjected to forced medical isolation, make this a winner.ā āPublishers Weekly
This book title, The Nurse's Secret (A Thrilling Historical Novel of the Dark Side of Gilded Age New York City), ISBN: 9781496726537, by Amanda Skenandore, published by Kensington (June 28, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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