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CarlyTown>The Malt Shop>Helen Dore Boylston  Helen Dore Boylston wrote a kind of book that was quite popular in the 1940s through the 1960s--the career novel. And one of the most-written about careers was nursing. No career seemed to offer as much variety and dramatic tension as nursing--unless it was acting. Boylston's two career novel series gave a fascinating look at the life of the mid-century career girl. Plenty of excitement and romance followed both Sue Barton and Carol Page through all their endeavors. From the back cover of Carol Plays Summer Stock: Two Famous Young Heroines from the books of Helen Dore Boylston: Sue Barton, the lively redhead who pursues her nursing career with vim, vitality, and constant adventure. A vivid picture of a nurse's life seen through the eyes of a highly individual girl whose career is complicated, as a student, by her affection for a young intern--Dr. Bill Barry--whom Sue eventually marries. Carol Page, who wants to be an actress. Attractive, full of spirits, but serious underneath, Carol treads the difficult path toward a career on the stage, finding all the hardships--and thrills, too--that the theater has always provided for the girl who wants to reach the pinnacle. The Sue Barton series | The Carol Page seriesThe Sue Barton seriesSue Barton, Student Nurse (1936)First in the famous Sue Barton series. Sue looked for a place to escape from the terrible Mrs. Pasquale. There it was--a small door--probably a broom closet. Sue jerked open the door. She stepped in and--dropped! Down and down she fell. Then she struck bottom--soft, yielding bottom. She had fallen down the laundry chute. Adventures--comic, exciting, dangerous--mark Sue Barton's first year as Student Nurse. (back cover). 
Sue Barton, Senior Nurse (1937)After dousing a head nurse with a basin full of soapy water, Sue Barton finds that her life in a big city hospital is full of surprises. Her first big test comes when she assists the temperamental and brilliant Dr. Carson in the terrifying glare of the operating room. When Sue finally earns the coveted black band on her cap, she is faced with a conflict between her career and her love for Dr. Barry. (back cover) Sue Barton, Visiting Nurse Sue Barton, Rural Nurse (1939) "Hello darling!" It was Bill on long distance from New Hampshire. Yes, everything was set for the wedding. Honeymoon. Back to the hospital. Bliss. Then his father's sudden death throws a burden on Bill; postpones the marriage. Sue, to be near him, persuades the townspeople to hire her as their first visiting rural nurse. A hurrican, a typhoide epidemic, and community suspicions give Sue and her fiance plenty to do among the salty characters of Springdale. Another novel by the writer who knows both nursing and people--Helen Dore Boylston. (back cover) Sue Barton, Superintendent of Nurses Sue Barton, Neighborhood Nurse Sue Barton, Staff Nurse (1952) The Carol Page series
Carol Goes Backstage (1941)Carol Plays Summer Stock (1942) Her apprenticeship at Phyllis Marlowe's Repertory Theater behind her, green-eyed Carol Page now faces her first real job as second ingenue at the Richards Village Theater, Winasset, Maine. Along with her go her former classmate Julia Gregg and clever young Mike Horodinsky--Julia as apprentice, Mike as assistant stage manager. (inside flap) Carol on Broadway Fresh and eager from the success which she scored in her small parts at the Winasset summer theater, Carol Page comes down to Broadway determined to find a part. She is ready to take anything, even the lowliest walk-on, for her dander is up; her father has taunted her with the remark that she will "go bust in two months." She has saved nearly $400 from her summer salary and she means to stretch this until a producer has given her the nod. (inside flap) Carol on Tour (1946) Updated 11/23/06 Comments, questions, or suggestions? Email carly[at]carlytown.com. |
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