Despite its primary setting in a civil war hospital, this short little book is as funny as all get out. LMA clearly had the ability to look at life through a generously humorous lens, and she (obviously) knew how to tell a tale. To start with, she calls herself Tribulation Periwinkle in this story. Wait until you hear her names for her sisters and her brother-in-law. 🤣

She also has the unique ability of having ideals for herself... And knowing where she falls short of them. She is brutally honest about herself and her contradictions, which not many people are. That's not what this book is about, but I noticed it as I was reading.

As much as it made me laugh, it also makes me cry, as a book set in a war hospital should. My only complaint is that it is short. But then, LMA had the 
same complaint. Her service as army nurse was cut short by illness and subsequent poor health. But then, that enabled her to focus on her writing, and the world is better off for that.