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"Victorian Medicine and Social Reform" traces Florence
Nightingale's career as a reformer and Crimean war heroine. Her
fame as a social activist and her writings including "Notes on
Nursing" and "Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, ""Efficiency
and Hospital Administration of the British Army"""influenced
novelists such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George
Eliot. Their novels of social realism, in turn, influenced
Nightingale's later essays on poverty and Indian famine. This study
draws original conclusions on the relationship between
Nightingale's work and its historical context, gender politics, and
such twenty-first-century analogues as celebrity activists Angelina
Jolie, Al Gore, and Nicole Kidman.
Breaking through fear and tradition.... Dealing with corrupt
officials.... Struggling to understand the truth.... They must
reveal the truth in time, or all will be lost Imagine living in two
worlds at the same time-the physical one around you and another one
inside you that no one else can see. Once these valley dwellers go
through their process of "Understanding," they begin an unseen life
in their hearts, where anything can happen. Some hearts dwell in
cozy, peaceful places, while others are assaulted by fearsome
powers. Like their ancestors before them, these people remain
locked away in their secret valley for 400 years, with none going
in or out. The abundant rocks inside provide natural light and
heat, as well as workable metals and building materials, while a
spring waters their crops and herds. But the people know their
hearts are susceptible to a dark power that seeks to destroy them.
To keep their hearts safe, they rely on their leaders, who prohibit
leaving the fortification or hearing unaccepted music, assuring the
people they will remain safe if they follow the way their ancestors
have taken. When Gwenla led the original group to safety, she also
foresaw the future. Unable to safely pass on what she knew before
she died, Gwenla wrote down her knowledge in riddles, so that only
those who sought the truth would understand. Julyiah's adventurous
heart wants to find Gwenla's secrets and understand them; but when
pressing to know the truth, Julyiah sees wonderful places outside
the walls and hears forbidden music, disrupting her world and
relationships. In spite of several obstructions and evil forces
trying to stop her, Julyiah discovers the truth and realizes she
alone has the answer that will free the valley from deception. Yet
her friends need urgent rescue as well. Can she accomplish both
missions at the same time? In a whirlwind of twists and turns that
involve a severe time crunch, Julyiah must make connections from
one end of the valley to the other, or she and those she loves will
die, and the Secrets of Gwenla will remain hidden for all time.
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