Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

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At the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments, patients seek miracles while Alice Bhatti searches for a job as a junior nurse, grade 4. Recently released from Borstal, she returns to her childhood home in the French Colony, where her father, a retired chief janitor, dabbles as a healer and troubles the local church. Alice appears to have inherited his gift. Armed with a working nurse's manual and skills learned in prison, she tends to the many patients filling the hospital's corridors and courtyard. Her efforts catch the eye of Teddy Bunt, a lovesick patient and apprentice to the corrupt 'Gentleman Squad' of the Karachi police. Their love blossoms—Teddy's intense and violent, Alice's cautious and hopeful. However, the foundations of her new life prove unstable. As a Catholic ostracized by her peers, she faces further danger from Teddy, who defies the Squad's norms by falling for a working girl and allowing a suspect to escape. The couple grapples with the question of whether they can build a life together without jeopardizing what brought them together. Alice Bhatti is no ordinary nurse, and their journey is fraught with challenges.