Book Overview
Having finished her course in a metropolitan hospital, Sue moves on to New York where she and her friend Kit are fortunate enough to secure positions with the Visiting Nurse Service of the Henry Street Settlement - a service made famous by Lillian Wald. The city is new to them and the test of their skill is absorbing. Their assignments take them to the most colorful slums in the world. They work with newborn babies and obstinate old people, with immigrants who can hardly speak English, and with people in Harlem. Their uniforms are their passports wherever they go, but more than once they have to rely on the friendly assistance of Sergeant O'Day. The girls find quarters for themselves in a tiny frame house in Greenwich Village, and at the outset their days are so crowded that they have almost no time for themselves.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1595110267
ISBN13:9781595110268
Release Date:March 2008
Publisher:Image Cascade Publishing
Length:260 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 7.7"
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Sue as New York city visiting nurse
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This book follows "Sue Barton, Senior Nurse". In this story, Sue and her best friend, Kit, move to New York city; and join the Visiting Nurse service. Sue's duties take her from the Lower East Side to Harlem. There are many vignettes, humorous and touching. Not all Sue's duties are medical. She helps a lonely Polish new mother find neighborhood friends; and she helps a kind old woman realize her dreams of travel, (Sue secretly donates the money she had saved for her own trousseau for the trip). This leads into a surprising reward for Sue herself.This was a good story. A highlight of the book was the wedding of Sue and Kit's friend, Connie, which takes place in "The Church Around the Corner". It is a beautiful and romantic scene. Recommended.
Sue Barton Series
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I have read all the books in the series as a young girl. I love them very much. Today I am nurse. I have read all the author's novels. Now I am Collector of books that I have read in the past.
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