April L. Huber's Newly Released "Shuttered Curiosities and Medical Prisoners: A Career in Long-Term Care" is a Moving Portrait of a Nightmare Industry
"Shuttered Curiosities and Medical Prisoners: A Career in Long-Term Care" from Christian Faith Publishing author April L. Huber is a fictionalized memoir that draws from the general experiences of the author's career in long-term caretaking, with fictionalized incidents, locations, and people who play out the very real turmoil and conflict that happens in nursing homes everywhere, leaving the main character, idealistic late bloomer Sister Cody, with her heart aching but with determination renewed.
MEADVILLE, Pa., Sept. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "Shuttered Curiosities and Medical Prisoners: A Career in Long-Term Care": a gripping fictionalized memoir. "Shuttered Curiosities and Medical Prisoners" is the creation of published author April L. Huber, a US Army–trained nurse who still maintains her awed respect for the elders for whom she cares.
Huber writes, "The first Monday on the job, I walked into the facility and began to meet the residents after a brief meeting with the department heads. My hire had been announced the previous Friday and the residents had been told that I would be visiting most of the day. They were waiting to meet the 'new one,' and later, I found out that they had taken bets to see how long I would last.
"'Sister Cody,' a faded voice floated up from an overstuffed leather chair nearby. 'You finally took the colors.' In England, long-term care nurses are called 'Sister.' Cody was my last name at the time. In the chair sat Professor Thomas W. Smithson, one of the few educators I had ever bonded with. He and I had become fast friends while I was under his tutelage early in my college career, and I knew a great deal about his life outside of the classroom."
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, April Huber's new book is a rich, engaging, often bewildering account of how one woman, relatively inexperienced yet determined, acts as administrator in a long-term care facility peopled with fascinating and challenging characters.
Readers who either know firsthand the horrors of elderly care or have a loved one in such situations will stand and cheer for Sister Cody, as she strives to never lose sight of what made her embark on such an altruistic journey in the first place.
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