The nurses

The collection that tells the story of women’s work in the First World War – Museum Crush

Cecilia shuts off every contact with her family after Robbie got arrested. She is finally sort of free, which she always wanted. She became a nurse and kept in touch with Robbie. Eventually she switches hospitals. When the war came, Briony became a nurse too instead of going to Cambridge to study. Briony writes a letter to Cecilia to tell her that she became a nurse too, she also tells her that she didn’t go to Cambridge as she was supposed to. That leaves Cecilia wondering why she didn’t go to Cambridge. The notable thing is that Briony starts at the same hospital as Cecilia. She also cuts off most of the contact with her family. It looks like Briony is following her sister’s path. Will that lead Briony to something? Or is it not going to turn out well?

In the end you get to know that Robbie and Cecilia lived a love filled life together. Briony becomes a well-known writer and that suggests that she in fact didn’t really follow her sister’s path completely, which is good because otherwise she wouldn’t have been a writer and that is what she always wanted.