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Nadia: Book One - Poland
NADIA is the coming of age story of a young Catholic girl growing up in the outskirts of Warsaw during WWII and her personal quest to fight injustice by joining the Polish underground. She befriends a Jewish boy her parents hide in their attic, a Gypsy girl she finds in a tree in her back yard and lastly, Henryk, the boy who wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
322 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 11, 2016
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About the author
Lois Gerber
12 books3 followersLois Gerber, RN, BSN, MPH believes in the spirit of community health nursing-its focus on wellness, relationships, families, and communities. Her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh and her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan opened many professional doors. In 1993, she received the Excellence in Nursing practice award from the Kappa Iota chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, an international nursing honor society.
As a child, Lois loved to read and write and was especially inspired by Helen Well's Cherry Ames book series about nurses practicing in the various nursing specialties. Pearl Buck, whose books focused on culture and family dynamics, was another of her favorite authors.
In Ohio and Michigan, Lois worked as a staff nurse and care coordinator in home health care agencies, public health departments, and an Area Agency on Aging. Along with being married and raising two children, she taught nursing students at the university level for twenty-four years. For eleven years, through her geriatric care management services, she counseled families dealing with elder care issues, developed care plans for their frail members, and monitored their living situations. Her goal was to provide individualized care and keep the patient as safe and independent as possible.
In 1995, she began to write clinical articles and stories about her patients' challenges in overcoming health and psychosocial problems. She expanded her writing endeavors when she moved to Florida in 2005. Presently, she has over fifty articles and stories published in nursing journals and women's literary magazines and three books on Amazon, all short story collections that reflect her community health nursing experiences.
Lois has done volunteer work for the Chiles Academy, a high school in Florida for pregnant and parenting teens. At the present time, she advocates for foster children through the state's Guardian Ad Litem program.
Lois has served people of all ages, various religions and ethnicities, and different socio-economic levels.
"Runaway Girl: A Nurse's Story" is meant to honor the nursing profession and the strong resilient nurses in it. It's a story of triumph over adversity and illustrates the power of the human spirit.
As a child, Lois loved to read and write and was especially inspired by Helen Well's Cherry Ames book series about nurses practicing in the various nursing specialties. Pearl Buck, whose books focused on culture and family dynamics, was another of her favorite authors.
In Ohio and Michigan, Lois worked as a staff nurse and care coordinator in home health care agencies, public health departments, and an Area Agency on Aging. Along with being married and raising two children, she taught nursing students at the university level for twenty-four years. For eleven years, through her geriatric care management services, she counseled families dealing with elder care issues, developed care plans for their frail members, and monitored their living situations. Her goal was to provide individualized care and keep the patient as safe and independent as possible.
In 1995, she began to write clinical articles and stories about her patients' challenges in overcoming health and psychosocial problems. She expanded her writing endeavors when she moved to Florida in 2005. Presently, she has over fifty articles and stories published in nursing journals and women's literary magazines and three books on Amazon, all short story collections that reflect her community health nursing experiences.
Lois has done volunteer work for the Chiles Academy, a high school in Florida for pregnant and parenting teens. At the present time, she advocates for foster children through the state's Guardian Ad Litem program.
Lois has served people of all ages, various religions and ethnicities, and different socio-economic levels.
"Runaway Girl: A Nurse's Story" is meant to honor the nursing profession and the strong resilient nurses in it. It's a story of triumph over adversity and illustrates the power of the human spirit.
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