Title: Party Girl Nurse’s Journey
Author: Victoria Godwin
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 978-1514487426
Pages: 172
Genre: Memoir/Autobiography
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
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Party Girl Nurse’s Journey is an enlightening and entertaining memoir about a woman’s journey from free spirit to dedicated Christian nurse. Author Victoria Godwin details how her faith has saved her from the harrowing experiences in her life.
Godwin writes about how she went from being a sheltered young woman from a wealthy family to being a fun-loving party girl in college. Godwin studied to become a nurse, but soon got sidetracked by her old lifestyle. She leaves her first abusive husband, and
starts her career as a nurse. She meets a medical student, Ted, and marries him, together they start a family. However, her seemingly idyllic life soon spirals out of control when Ted has an affair. In addition to that betrayal, Ted and her sons soon fall
into the grips of drug addiction. Godwin has to depend on her faith to help her dysfunctional family and to get her career back on track.
Party Girl Nurse’s Journey is an intriguing mix of juicy tell-all and a Christian self-help book. Godwin presents her life as a complex cautionary tale about how excess can lead to tragic consequences. She writes candidly about how her drug experimentation and casual attitude toward relationships with men led to her personal crises. Her vivid detail in her writing paints a clear picture of her personal struggles and triumphs. Godwin also writes effortlessly about how her life in the Christian faith was a gradual journey after years of living a freewheeling lifestyle. She writes about the hypocrisy of her Christian neighbors judging her, while also trying to keep her faith to help her children. Her relationship with her Christian faith is complicated, but strong throughout the book. Godwin is very relatable in her autobiography as she details how her service as a nurse helped her gain perspective on her life.
Party Girl Nurse’s Journey would be perfect for readers who want to read a memoir that’s just as salacious as it is spiritual. Because of the strong dialogue and sexual situations, the novel is best for adults only. Readers who want to read books about forgiveness, perseverance, and faith would be the ideal audience for Godwin’s book. Even if readers aren’t spiritual, there are a lot of lessons of life in this memoir. Party Girl Nurse’s Journey shows how anyone can be redeemed and get a second chance. Victoria Godwin shows in her memoir that with faith and determination, anyone can change their lives. This book is ideal as a gift for someone with the tendency to go “off track,” as learning from others’ is easier than finding out the hard way.
