This is Nell's story. The book describes her family life, her bond with her sister. The memories of a mother who never showed affection. The forty eight hours ordeal where she lost her virginity. The struggle she experienced coming to terms with her life. Her ambition to become a nurse, her success. The death of her niece and her father. How her medical knowledge helps her to take her revenge on the people that caused her pain. Her feelings and justification for her actions. Nell meets her soul mate and makes a happy life. This story is an outline of the years of her life, before she flew out of England, to make a new start in Canada.