Just Call Me Eva: The Story of an Uncommon Woman

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GeneralStore PublishingHouse, 2007 - Cumberland (Ont. : Township) - 238 pages
For half a century, Eva Kennedy was at the centre of things in the small eastern Ontario village of Cumberland, while raising a family of six, assisting her husband who was the township clerk, and running a private maternity hospital. And in writing, she found some solace for the fears that accompanied her sons to war, and contentment as her children made their own way in a brave new world. Her diaries and letters, annotated by her daughter, offer a remarkable insight into an extraordinary age.
 

Contents

The Early Years
7
The Shadow of War
15
A New Direction in Life
19
Probation and Training
25
Ward Duties and War Worries
34
Eva Farmer RN
46
With This Ring I Thee Wed
50
The Best Years Ever
59
MidLife
162
Rushing
170
1952 A Quiet Year
175
The Best and Worst of Times
178
A Heaviness of Heart is Lifted
181
Arrivals and Departures
185
The Uncertain Voyage of Life
191
The Tide of TimeSweeps On
195

Desperate Times
70
The Cycle of Life
77
Surviving
83
The Winds of War
90
WarService Above Self
100
A Second Son Enlists
106
And Then There Were Three
116
Of What Use Are Tears?
128
With Deep Regret
140
The Lady with the Lamp
146
Bumps and Upheavals in the Road of Life
203
The Quiet Years
212
The Lonely Years
216
Waiting
222
Birdsong
228
Nunc Dimittis
233
Epilogue
238
About the Author 239
Index 240
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