Down East Nurse Author:Rose Dana Copyright: 1967 — Julia Lee, R.N., was a down-to-earth New Englander to her fingertips, proud to be the daughter of a scrub farmer and the most cussedly independent man in the whole state of Maine, which had many such. And she was not ashamed to admit she liked young Dr. Dave Farren more than a little. Dave's mother, however, was somewhat of a ... more »snob who did not consider Julia the sort of wife who could help David's career and social standing, and she made things so unpleasant for Julia that the Down East nurse began to wonder if she was being foolish not to encourage the attentions of the pleasantly sophisticated widower who owned the town's principal resort hotel.
An understanding and sympathetic portrayal of a girl with medicine in her blood and Maine in her heart.« less