Genre: Biography and Autobiography: Medical Imprint: Flanker Press Format: Paperback, 172 pages, b&w photos Pub Date: September 2006 Price: $5.00 ISBN 10: 1-894463-92-7 ISBN 13: 978-1-894463-92-8
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About this Book
Frances Cluett was born in Belleoram, Newfoundland, in 1883. At the age of thirty-three, she left her Fortune Bay home to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), an organization committed to assisting military personnel during World War I. She trained in London, England, for work in a military hospital and in 1917 was stationed at the 10th General Hospital in Rouen, France.
During her four years of service overseas, Nurse Cluett wrote many letters to home. Contained here are the war letters she sent to her mother in Newfoundland, telegrams describing the atrocities of war, the valiant deeds of comrades in arms, and the despair of young men dying on foreign shores.
Review Quotes
"Your Daughter Fanny is an
enlightening account of the war's carnage from the previously overlooked
perspective of a Newfoundland VAD."
Canadian Military History
"[Your Daughter Fanny] provides
not only a great deal of insight into the occupation of volunteer
nurses during that period, but more importantly, a window into the
human spirit bombarded on all sides by tragedy."
The Independent
"The letters are so well-written that they are more like
literature than letters."
The Newfoundland Herald
"This collection of her letters provides valuable insight into the
demands of the war machine well outside the trenches, and reveals
that—although not directly in the line of fire—the women of the VAD
demonstrated commitment and bravery worthy of our most heartfelt
respect."
Downhome
"What a wonderful woman, and what a
wonderful book."
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