Our Country Nurse: Can East End Nurse Sarah find a new life caring for babies in the country

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All seems tranquil as newly qualified Health Visitor Sarah motors into a small Kentish hilltop village in her new green mini. Shes barely out of the car when shes called to assist the midwife with a bride whos gone into labour in the middle of her own wedding reception. And so her adventures begin
As a health visitor Nurse Sarah is as green as grass but she puts her best foot into wellies and braves the mad dogs, killer ganders and muddy tracks of the farming community. Despite set-backs young Sarah is determined to help the mums she meets, from struggling young mothers in unmodernised farmhouses, to doyennes of the county dinner party set who slave over stuffed olive hors-d'oeuvres.

Village life in 1970s isnt always quite the Good Life Sarahs been expecting; her attempts at self-sufficiency and cider making lead to drunk badgers and spirited house parties but will it be the clergyman, the vet or the young doctor that win Sarahs heart. During her first year in Kent, Nurse Sarah Hill get stuck in reuniting families and helping mums in the midst of community full of ancient feuds, funny little ways and just a bit of magic.

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In 1969, 17-year-old Sarah arrived in Hackney in the East End of London to begin her nursing career. Six years later she went into health visiting, practising for over 35 years in Kent and Staffordshire, and building up a lifetime's expertise and stories through working with babies and families. In 1998 Sarah received the Queens Institute for Nursing Award and in 2006 was awarded an MBE for Services to Children and Families by Queen Elizabeth II. She later married and became Sarah Beeson. Now she divides her time between Staffordshire and London. In 1969, 17-year-old Sarah arrived in Hackney in the East End of London to begin her nursing career. Six years later she went into health visiting, practising for over 35 years in Kent and Staffordshire, and building up a lifetime's expertise and stories through working with babies and families. In 1998 Sarah received the Queens Institute for Nursing Award and in 2006 was awarded an MBE for Services to Children and Families by Queen Elizabeth II. She divides her time between Staffordshire and London.