Wednesday's Children: The Memoirs of a

Wednesday's Children: The Memoirs of a Nurse-Turned-Social-Worker in Rural Appalachia

Delivering welfare babies, warding off voodoo spells, and living in a town that still seems to be fighting the Civil Warâ€”small wonder young RN Kate Jacobs quickly grows disenchanted with nursing in the Lowcountry of coastal South Carolina. When a friend urges her to switch from nursing to paramedic medicine and child protection social work, Kate accepts the challenge and finds herself in an isolated rural area of the Appalachian Mountains.Here a new set of challenges await: technical cliff rescues and hikes into remote back-country â€œhollersâ€ to remove child victims of sexual assault from their homes only to have an indifferent judge order them back the next day, and dealing with some of Americaâ€™s poorest and most distrustful citizens.And from all appearances, and even though sheâ€™s white, former members of the Ku Klux Klan have just set her house on fireâ€¦Based on the memoirs of a registered nurse-turned-social worker, this is a tale of heartbreak and laughter, courage and cowardice seasoned with a candid look at the early days of social work and emergency rescue medicine that will both challenge and renew your faith in humanity.Warning: Some graphic content
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-10-10
Format Kindle eBook

Wednesday's Children: The Memoirs of a Nurse-Turned-Social-Worker in Rural Appalachia