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Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse
Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse

Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse

Date8/21/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unflinching view: Edna Alford's clear-eyed fictional look at the patients in a nursing home is based on her own experiences as a practical nurse.
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