'Meg had always admired and envied her elder sister, Mandy. Attractive and clever, Mandy was already in her third year of nursing when Meg joined the Royal as a student and donned the gingham uniform of the first year nurse. The gingham period proved to be a time of learning for Meg, learning about medicine, about life and about herself . She began to realise that people were willing to accept her as an individual and not just a poor imitation of Mandy - people like Tom Barnes, the shy young houseman, who was there to help when Meg discovered the terrible secret of the sister she had admired so much...'