Hope Farrell, Crusading Nurse — Suzanne Roberts

Love and Duty…

Two nurses had quit the job at Doc Brady's Appalachian clinic the year before, quit in what Hope's supervisor back at Community Hospital described as “anger, disgust, and plain sorrow. “Hope didn't understand…then. She was beginning to understand now. There was so much to be done…a new clinic, a library, a school…to fight the misery on the mountain. And Hope was ready to lead that fight, but she was blocked first by the mountain people who seemed to have no desire to change anything, then by Doc Brady who long ago gave up trying to make them change, and finally by his son, young Dr. Steve, whom she loved but who gave her a cruel choice, stay on the mountain and break her heart trying to help those who wouldn't help themselves, or give up and come away with him…

Hero: Dr./Doctor Steve Brady
Heroine: Nurse Hope Farrell