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Liz A Laird will discuss her book'The Troubled Adventures of a Student Nurse'. The author takes the reader to Belfast in January 1979, and through the triumphs and challenges she encountered as she undertook her nurse training in the Royal Victoria Hospital. This book has heart and soul and will have you laughing and weeping, as she navigates her journey from teenager to womanhood, with the backdrop of bombing, gunfire, hunger strikes and riots. At its core, this book conveys the humanity that can be found in the darkest of times. At age 18, she left the tranquility of rural living in Co Leitrim and confronts a Belfast, being torn apart. She takes you into the anaesthetic room and into the theatres. She also takes the reader around the Shankill, the Falls and the Ballymurphy Estates with the Public Health Nurse. Even in the darkest of times, this young student nurse finds light and she has many adventures as she drives her motorbike between Belfast and Carrick-on-Shannon. In essence, this book is a portal to understanding how a young woman navigated a time in history that shaped generations, and the real-life impact of that tumultuous journey.
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- All areas accessible to disabled visitors
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| Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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| Ticket | Free |
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