Foreword
Normal is a frequently used word, yet a word whose exact meaning is as elusive as the term "perverse". What those two words imply seems to vary from nation to nation, from community to community, from person to person.
Among one African tribe it is considered obscene to expose one's back to others. In many Eskimo communities, it is the height of hospitality for a man to offer his wife to a guest.
Della Mahan outwardly appears to be an average young American woman. She is a career nurse, devoted to her job and liked by both patients and colleagues. Yet Della behaves in ways that many others would consider abnormal-extending her therapeutic services well beyond the duties that are routine in most hospitals, fraternizing with patients and colleagues alike.
And who is to say whether she is normal or perverse? Who is to say whether she is doing a boon or a disservice to the profession of nursing? A novel of major interest to any who hope to find and define their own standards of correct behavior.
A story of one young woman who finds her own unique life style in a complex and confusing society.