David R Stewart
ASIN: B005DC5Z50
Publisher: Create Space
Pages: 348
When Charlotte Doyle's older sister, a nurse serving the Daughters of Charity, was lost at sea near Australia, Charlotte felt obligated to follow in her footsteps. Though not her first career choice, Charlotte dutifully traveled from her home in Ireland to France in 1828 to be trained as a nurse at the Saint Joan of Arc Convent's hospital. Although satisfied with her work, she began to question if she made the right decision about her life, especially after she learned years later that her older sister had survived the ship wreck.It wasn't until Sister Charlotte set sail for America in 1840, to visit her brother and younger sister, that she was forced to come face to face with doubts that had long plagued her. When she fell in love with a handsome stranger, then discovered that she was carrying his child, her life was suddenly turned upside down. Settling in Liverpool, Pennsylvania with ...