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Bezig met laden... Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam (1983)door Lynda VanDevanter
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Lynda Va Devanter was an army nurse during the Vietnam War. Her memoir captures the horrors of war. The places she was able to go for R & R, the friendships she formed, and helplessness she felt when someone could not be saved. ( ) Lynda Van Devanter wrote Home before Morning, which was published approximately 13 years after she returned home from her war service, as a form of therapy. Lynda vividly shows the effects of the war on her. She was a very optimistic person prior to serving; the beginning of the book about her nurse's training and traveling before going to Vietnam contains a lot of humor. The major part of the book describes in detail the horror of working as a nurse in Vietnam; how the Army medical center in which she served was inundated with service men (and some Vietnamese civilians including children) with severe injuries. The medical staff had to decide whom they could save; many of the people were seen as numbers instead of as human beings. Lynda had difficulty adjusting after returning home from her year in Vietnam; this adjustment is also described. Approximately ten years after returning, Lynda became involved in the Vietnam Veterans of America Women's Project, and found meaning in her life again. This book was published eight years before Visions of War, Dreams of Peace, a volume of poetry about the Vietnam War by women who had been there, which Lynda edited. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army and was shipped to Vietnam. When she arrived in Vietnam her idealistic view of the war vanished quickly. She worked long hours in cramped, ill-equipped, understaffed operating rooms. She saw friends die. After one traumatic year, she came home, a Vietnam veteran. Coming home was nearly as devastating as the time she spent in Asia. Nothing was the same-including Lynda herself. Viewed by many as a murderer instead of a healer, she felt isolated and angry. The anger turned to depression; like many other Vietnam veterans she suffered from delayed stress syndrome. The war that was fought physically halfway around the world had become a personal, internal battle. Home Before Morning is the story of a woman whose courage, stamina, and personal history make this a compelling autobiography. It is also the saga of others who went to war to aid the wounded and came back wounded-physically and emotionally-themselves. And, it is the true story of one person's triumphs: her understanding of, and coming to terms with, her destiny. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)959.704History and Geography Asia Southeast Asia Vietnam 1949-LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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