Matron at Last Kindle Edition

interesting but it's not going to change your life

Excellent writing and entertainment value especially for readers who have grown up in England

I loved this series, but this one is not the best. Start with the first one. They're very interesting and are easy reads.

Entertaining read.

Evelyn Prentis is a writer who tells it like it is with such honesty and candor, as to enthrall and fascinate so many readers about her life as a nurse. Matron at Last is her latest work in a series of books, which capture her life as a newly qualified nurse working up the career ladder to more senior roles and eventually Matron. Her story began with her debut release `a nurse in time' about her story as a freshly qualified nurse, alongside the retelling of her trainee years in 1934. `A nurse in action' is an account of her years as a staff-nurse, with the sequel `a nurse and mother' another fantastic edition to add to the collection. Continuing her story during and beyond the Second World War, Evelyn's work spans the majority of her interesting and remarkable career. After working as a nurse for thirty years she then decides to take a full-time Matron post at The Lodge, which was a home for elderly ladies of reduced circumstances. Her job surprisingly differed from that of the stereotypical hospital ward Matron, as her new role allowed her to make a real difference to those patients' lives under her care. The ups and downs of the job are brought to light as Evelyn reminisces about the cold dinners, early mornings following a sleepless night and those unforgettable people (such as Mrs. Peters with her temper and the piano playing Mrs. Harrison). After years of hard work and dedication I am sure that it was both a joy and a delight for the author to recount her years as a Matron, at last!This is a brilliant book that I found incredibly hard to put down, because it was such fun to read. I found it totally absorbing finding out about her job as a Matron, with her different and wonderful patients and the home's staff. I would recommend this to all those who work within the care and medical industry, whether that is a care or nursing home or a hospital, as I think that you will be hard pressed to find anything more entertaining nor accurately correct `strait from the horses mouth' figuratively speaking. But you do not have to work within a nursing industry to appreciate and enjoy Evelyn's story, as it is one that captivated me right from the very beginning. I am thrilled about the up coming release of `Matron in charge' that is coming soon to a bookstore near you, and whilst I sit here with much anticipation and excitement I shall be rereading this book one more time. If I could give Evelyn Prentis a pat on the back then I would for it is memoirs like this that inspire, fascinate and enthuse many nurses or aspiring nurses today. For it is those real stories that are so important being the ones that tell it as it is, letting the reader glimpse a part of something that is very special.

This book is absolutely fantastic, it shows life like it was, in some ways it's a shame that life isn't like it today, people living close together getting on helping each other in difficult times. It is very well written and very funny, a very good read

Absolutely love reading Evelyn's books, no sooner do I finish one, then I download the next.I often find myself locked in the story & feel that I'm getting to know all the character s personally.Only the last of her books to read now, so will have to find yet another author to get to know.Hope you all enjoy reading these books as much as I have.

Really good story, easy to follow, holds your interest,- of her different situations of nursing career

really really enjoyed these books, get the first one and youre be hooked now on last one and not looking forward to finishing that

Enjoyable as are all the books in this series