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“It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done. What if she had made a disastrous mistake?”
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
“The rhythmic motion of the silent paddlers carried her, with a sense of inevitability, to her new life as she heard the Twin Otter take off behind her. There was no turning back now, and Connie gripped the sides of the canoe, her heart beating and her hands sweating.”
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
“I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell when I’m old. I want to have done things.”
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
“Connie followed the tracks of Daisy’s skidoo, passing giant, rosy pink mountains of snow which cast long grey shadows over the ground ahead of them. The sheer vastness of this multicoloured wilderness was hard to comprehend, and Connie was aware of herself and Daisy, speeding along, mere specks in the landscape.”
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
“A thin, flexible, layer of ice had already formed on the water, and the undulating movement caught the light of the setting sun, like a sparkling curtain of light billowing across the bay. Connie tried to capture the moment in her mind as the thin ice shimmered in oranges and reds as it moved between already forming pieces of thicker ice.”
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
― From Manchester to the Arctic: Nurse Sanders embarks on an adventure that will change her life
Dean’s 2023 Year in Books
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