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Summer, 1956. With her parents away and her boyfriend abroad, Rennie is on her own. To make money for college, she takes a job as a recreational therapist in a large mental hospital in New York City, despite her reluctance to sign a loyalty oath in the charged times of McCarthyism. She has no relevant experience, but she's good at sports. How hard can it be? Very hard, she discovers. As Rennie struggles to relate to the confused, emotionally unpredictable women and challenging hospital administrators and staff, she is befriended by a troubled young man with a passion for jazz, meets a wise Middle Eastern restaurateur, and after an accident on her motor scooter, becomes three construction workers' favorite "damsel in distress." Too stubborn to quit, Rennie finds meaningful ways to connect with her patients and creates previously unimagined opportunities for them. She also discovers a new, stronger part of herself. By summer's end, no longer dependent on other's opinions, she can listen to her heart and conscience and make crucial changes in her own life.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Opening Gates
• Author: NANCY KING
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250
• EAN: 9781632100153
• ISBN: 9781632100153
• ID: 10957679
• Publisher: Plain View Press
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 234 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. February 2016

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