Her books were stand-alone novels that focused on one particular girl and her ambitions, her personal journey, and, often secondarily, her love life. Unlike many authors of fifties teen novels, Betty Cavanna did not write series books. 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.īooks by Betty Cavanna tend towards the introspective heroine who learns something about herself. Bill Barry-whom Sue eventually marries.Ĭarol Page, who wants to be an actress. 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. 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. Plenty of excitement and romance followed both Sue Barton and Carol Page through all their endeavors.įrom the back cover of Carol Plays Summer Stock: Boylston's two career novel series gave a fascinating look at the life of the mid-century career girl.
No career seemed to offer as much variety and dramatic tension as nursing-unless it was acting. And one of the most-written about careers was nursing. Helen Dore Boylston wrote a kind of book that was quite popular in the 1940s through the 1960s-the career novel.
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