A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 089141617X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"The one thing Nam did for me was that I felt like I could walk on water," says a nurse, a conviction that made later jobs seem worthless or impossibly bland. . She and 25 others recount the time they spent "in country" as part of 15,000 American women who volunteered or served as nurses and in the military. After working on too many mutilated young men, one nurse tells of wanting to ask her mother to "check around and see if she could find one whole eighteen-year- old." Like male veterans, many returned with post-traumatic stress disorder. They found it hard to shake the numbness that made a war zone bearable or to settle into a life minus manic highs and lows. A decade after America pulled out of Vi
Records the memories of a war in the words of those women courageous enough to walk into hell. --San Francisco Chronicle
It's a OK book and I learned some things of how tough the lives were of the woman there. GG The stories about the nurses were interesting and how hectic their lives were. Especially how long their days were and trying to do the impossible in taking care of the wounded and coming back home not treated with the respect for the skills they possessed and could use in their new jobs in hospitals. Stunning Oral history= a must read J. Remington Written in 1985 when many of the wounds of Vietnam still bled fresh, Keith Walker interviewed 26 women who served in country in a variety of capacities. The result of this ambitious and courageous project is a heartbreaking, captivating and ultimately transcendent oral history.The stories here filled. "There's a special place in Heaven" according to Steven Cain. for all of the women who served in Vietnam. Read this book, plus the late Lynda Van Devanter's Home Before Morning and you'll see why.While Lynda's book is a hauntingly graphic record of the triumphs and tragedies that the ANC nurses and Army surgeons experienced in Nam, A Piece Of My Heart gives th