Clara Raina Flannigan,Anne Raina
Clara's Rib is the true story of Clara Raina Flannigan. Clara was an inveterate diarist and, from the time she entered the Royal Ottawa Sanatorium for tuberculosis patients at twelve years of age, until her final discharge from the San when she was twenty-six years of age, she gives a riveting description of growing up in the San. Facing personal life and death medical setbacks on a daily basis, along with frequently standing around a death bed with other patients praying while one of their young friends died, promoted maturing quickly.
Health,Illness,Nonfiction,Biography,Cultural,Canada
Clara's Rib: a true story of a young girl growing up in a tuberculosis hospital