Sue and Sally Smith, Flying Nurses #49

When Sue Smith arrives in the Sahara to help combat a typhus epidemic sweeping through oil construction camps, she clashes with the local sheik Alal Farad over his refusal to let his workers get vaccinated—until she challenges him directly about his priorities. As the medical crisis unfolds and unexpected romantic tensions simmer, Sue finds herself caught up in a situation that tests both her nursing skills and her ability to navigate customs far from home.

A young woman's crush on Dr. Ben Langner, the doctor who saved her life, sends her spinning through an obsession with every physician she meets—until her mother helps her see what she's really admiring. After a revelation about her true passion, Sandra makes a decisive choice about her future that will reshape her life in unexpected ways. Sue and Sally Smith bring this earnest coming-of-age tale from 1963, showing how a misguided infatuation can point the way toward genuine purpose.

Carol struggles in her young marriage to Lee Albrecht because their interests don't align—he loves the outdoor pursuits she's been reluctant to share, while she gravitates toward shopping and social events he endures only for her sake. When a neighbor's willingness to embrace her husband's hobbies sparks an epiphany, Carol decides to meet Lee halfway by joining him on the fishing trip he's been hoping for. This tale explores what it takes for a wife to nurture a marriage by learning to genuinely enjoy the things her devoted husband holds dear.

Nurse Sally Smith recognizes a courageous dissident named Paolo Alvarijo from a television documentary and convinces her medical team to travel to his oppressed homeland, where they establish an emergency clinic. When Alvarijo is shot by a brutal secret police officer, Sally must act quickly to save his life—and then figure out how to protect him from the regime that wants him dead. It's a story of medicine, conscience, and one nurse's determination to help someone the world has written off.