Publisher's Synopsis
Only weeks since her release from Borstal, Alice is a candidate for the position of junior nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments. With guidance from the working nurses manual, Alice brings support to thousands of patients. In the process, she attracts the attention of a lovesick patient, Teddy Bunt. They fall in love; Teddy with sudden violence, Alice with cautious optimism. Their love is unexpected, but the consequences are not...