Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (595 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1555975909 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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But this memoir is above all an examination of a life, which is an examination of a conscience. And, after having traveled through the wilderness with Nealon, her readers may find themselves confronted with essential questions: What do we owe our fellow citizens, our society, our family, ourselves?” JANE BROX, Bakeless Prize Judge. “Beautiful Unbroken is about the power of language as well as the power of compassion
suzi said Four Stars. heartbreaking but uplifting. an emotional ride.. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Love it. "Outstanding" according to C. Davis. This is a wonderfully written, emotionally captivating book. Nealon's nursing career is in many ways the backstory to her life as a daughter, sister, woman and writer, but one need not be a caregiver to appreciate how Nealon's fascinating work both shaped and reflected her interactions with others. This is a story of family, of responsibility, of love, of grief, of the pain (and joy) of caring for and sometimes losing others. The trajectory of Nealon's nursing career, from pre-
His death leaves her shattered, and she flees into her work, and into poetry. In this compelling and revealing memoir, Nealon brings a poet's sensitivity to bear on the hard truths of disease and recovery, life and death.. She idolizes Clara Barton, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Molly Pitcher, whose biographies she reads and rereads. But by the time she follows her calling to nursing school, her beloved younger brother is diagnosed with cancer, which challenges her to bring hope and healing closer to home. An unflinching memoir by a working nurseAs a child, Mary Jane Nealon dreams of growing up to become a saint or, failing that, a nurse. Beautiful Unbroken <
She is the author of two collections of poetry, Immaculate Fuel and Rogue Apostle. She lives in Missoula, Montana.. Mary Jane Nealon is the winner of the 2010 Bakeless Prize for Nonfiction