Name: Montehermoso, Chirelyn

Silab, Justine
Year and Section: Grade 12- TVL6

PELICAN CROSSING
THE MISADVENTURES OF A TRAINEE NURSE
by Hilary Cotterill
The purpose of the author is to
realize the readers that even if you face some struggles in your life. There are a new beginnings
or chapter to come and you will accept it even it is a positive or not.
Hilary Cotterill, aged 18, takes
her fist steps through the snow towards her dream of becoming a nurse. Her grim, grey lodgings-
a warren, built on a tilt, and complete with mice- are a far cry from her privileged home in warm
ex-pat Hong Kong. Over the next four years Hilary struggles with bossy sisters, spiteful senior
nurses, impatient doctors, recalcitrant patients, demanding relatives, the impossible workload,
and her own crushing sense of inadequacy. She discovers a personal faith in Christ and with his
help learns to handle the daily brushes with life and death, professional bullying, and a first
romance. Whether it is comforting a newly bereaved wife, babysitting a friend’s hamster,
struggling with a misbehaving cardboard cap or a violent drunk, Hilary’s compassion, keen
observation and cheerful good humour keep breaking through. Readers will savour every vivid
detail through to the awarding of the coveted Pelican nursing badge. This a winning account of
personal discovery by a born storyteller.
Topic all about is even if you
overcome many struggles in life you still face it and accept what the reality it is also you accept
new discovery. So therefore, we conclude that it is interesting and we got some new lessons, like
even if the surrounding is didn’t match with you or simply say didn’t like you, our God is always
there to protect and guide you through your way. And we suggest that maybe the author might
have some basic or not just basic its simple English so that the readers will understand the story.