Contents include: Parting p1. The beginning of it all p7. Final schooldays p18. Out in the big wide world and a life-changing experience p23. Western Australian holiday or Marpic Boutique? p30. Setting out alone: it was now or never p36. General nursing at Northam District Hospital p41. Midwifery in Victoria and child welfare in Tasmania p53. Working in Tasmanian hospitals p58. Around Australia p64. Preparing to leave p68. The trip to Africa p71. Into Africa p76. Nuba Mountains at last p83. Kauda p90. Heiban p106. Salara p111. Abri p126. Nyakma p177. First home furlough p184. Abri: after furlough p189.