NURSE, GIVE ME A PILL FOR DEATH

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As a young woman, Lithuanian nurse Aldona Grupas had a dream. She longed to travel, to explore a new language and culture - and build a new life abroad.Nurse, Give Me a Pill for Death is the story of Aldona's long journey from Lithuania to a new life in England, complete with the challenges of adapting to a new culture while launching a successful nursing career.The book also provides a rare window onto the daily work of nurses caring for the sick and elderly as they face that final journey into death - some filled with hope, others sunk in despair.The author shares the joys and heartaches that such work entails, along with the compassionate motivations that transform a nursing career into a genuine vocation.Readers are swept along on a journey that is gruelling and inspiring - at times heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting.