The Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse's Journey of Service, Struggle, and War
The Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse's Journey of Service, Struggle, and War
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Susan LuzMarcus Brotherton
Hardcover
6 in0.9 in9 in
en
256
April 27, 2010
2010
Kaplan Publishing
The true story of a female soldier in Iraq who was awarded the Bronze Starnot for fighting, but for fighting to care.
She is today's Florence Nightingale. At age 56, Susan Luz was deployed to Iraq. By the time she returned home, she had helped save the lives of 30,000 wounded soldiers, contractors, Iraqi civilians, and detainees. But this was not the first time Luz responded to the call of duty: this is the inspirational story of a life dedicated to service and to the ideal of fighting for what truly matters.
As a young woman, Luz served in the Peace Corps in Brazil, where she experienced the brutality of poverty and violence. As a public health nurse, she has worked in jails, psychiatric wards, and a violent inner city high school. But nothing prepared her for what she would see in Iraq. Working under constant fire, Luz routinely witnessed the most horrific effects of the war. Her dedication to her job earned her the Bronze Star in honor of her selflessness and the life-saving work she carried out under unfathomably difficult circumstances.
Susan Luz is a true hero and her story will resonate in the hearts and minds of readers for generations to come.
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