Local Author Makes Best-Seller List in Britain
Jennifer Craig's Yes Sister, No Sister is at number 2 on the paperback bestseller list in Britain. (Photo: Fred Rosenberg)
About ten years ago, I and two others were in a writing group with Jennifer Craig. We read, discussed, and critiqued each others’ work. Jennie’s writing described her youth as a nurse trainee in Britain in the 1950′s– tales of young women coping with the near-military discipline of nursing school in an era both stricter and more carefree than ours. She said she hoped to publish it as a book someday.
Well, she did, and now Yes Sister, No Sister is number 2 on the paperback bestseller list in Britain.
Andrea Klassen has written about Jennifer’s success in the Nelson Star.
“People suddenly got fascinated with the ‘50s,” she says. “I think perhaps because it seems to be the last innocent period. Nowadays when you’re 18 you look at the future and it’s dreadful. But it wasn’t like that for us, because we’d just been though the war.” (Source: The Nelson Star)
The Sunday Times, November 6, 2010
Read more about the book, and about Jennifer Craig’s gratified amazement at its success, in The Nelson Star.
Thanks for this article, Bill. I’ve read Jenny’s book and enjoyed it immensely. We have 3 copies of the first printing that will no doubt be worth a fortune. We were going to give them to our son and niece who are both studying to be a nurse (not the same nurse, two different ones). With the popularity of the second edition, I’ll try to get new copies from Jenny and retire on the proceeds from the Ebay auction of the originals, particularly if a well-deserved movie contract is offered to Jenny, who I suppose I must now begin calling “Ms. Craig”. Currently Amazon.ca has only one used copy at $111.99!
Well done, nurse Ross, aka Ms. Craig.
Gord
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Bless you, Sister. I have several friends who were military nurses during the Vietnam War, and I have always been in awe of the way that women can bring such light and love into the darkest of places, in war and peace. I wish this fine lady every success. Thanks, Bill.
I loved the first edition. Now I’ve bought copies of the new edition for friends and family–and time to re-read myself. I’m just delighted for jenny, and the book deserves it. Now, to go to the Oxygen Arts Centre launch on Friday, Nov 19th and get them signed!
Well done, Nurse Ross!
From an italian nurse who thinks our job is the best of all…
Hoping to be like you when I’ll be older
Sabrina