The Umbrella Mender
September 1, 2014 | ISBN 978-1-894987-90-5 | 300 Pages
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Much is undecided. The doctors talk over me, debating the possibility that I’ll speak again. Though a stroke has left her mute, the story Hazel has to share is unforgettable. As a talented nurse in the early 1950s, she went to Moose Factory to help fight the epidemic of tuberculosis that was ravaging the indigenous peoples of the north. Each week the boat brought new patients from the Nunavik region to the little hospital. It was a desperate undertaking, fraught with cultural and language difficulties that hampered the urgent, sometimes reckless, efforts of the medical staff. Hazel is soon distracted… Read more