Plucked

Much of this memoir revisits the author's early years. Her childhood was spent largely outdoors among trees, fields and wildlife, and it was also shaped by a deeply spiritual upbringing. Those formative years gave her the groundwork for a faith she eventually made her own, one that developed into a close, personal connection with God.

That trust carried into her work with patients and became central to how she dealt with them. The book shows how this faith continues to offer reassurance, resilience and calm to the people she meets in both her professional and spiritual life. One particular case discussed in the book benefited from the spiritual resources she had built up.

The author writes in the hope that readers will be able to walk a similar path.