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Always the Children: A Nurse's Story of Home and War by Anne Watts (Paperback, 2011)

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Anne Watts grew up in a small village in north Wales in the 1940s. Inspired by school geography lessons that told of far-off lands, she broke out of the conventional options open to women in post-war Britain, defying her Merchant Navy father's dated views. She trained as a nurse and midwife, joined the Save the Children Fund, and was posted to Vietnam in 1967. One of only three British nurses in the region, Anne was faced with a vision of hell that her training at Manchester's Royal Infirmary had barely prepared her for. Thrown in at the deep end, she witnessed the random cruelty of warfare, nursing injured and orphaned children and caring for wounded and dying servicemen. She went on to take her skills to the victims of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, to Lebanon during the Israeli occupation, and Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. Over some forty-five years Anne has brought her courage and compassion to those most in need of help. Woven into this vivid, compelling memoir is perhaps the most moving story of all - how Anne's idyllic childhood was shattered by a shocking family tragedy when she was 10 years old. A tragedy that was to shape her destiny.

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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13
9781847397898
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Always the Children: a Nurse's Story of Home and War
Author
Anne Watts
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Nursing
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
400 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
130mm

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Anne Watts
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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by patricialandale06 Apr, 2013
An ordinary woman nurses all over the world in warzones.
A fascinating story of an ordinary girl from Wales who wanted to be a nurse and to travel. She had a difficult childhood with an unpleasant stepmother but came through that determined to lead the life she wanted. She worked in Vietnam during the war there and in many other places over her career, such as refugee camps. I bought the book because I heard she had been a very interesting speaker at a large WI meeting last year. She's now coming to speak to our group early next year and having read the book I'm pleased we booked her. My husband is currently immersed in the book and says he "can't put it down."
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by patriciaj388725 May, 2017
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by bat2025116 Jul, 2018
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by loubond192509 Oct, 2016
A Trip Down Memory Lane
A brilliant book that takes you right to the action and having travelled to some of the countries mentioned I felt I was there with the Nurse. Well written, often humorous and very moving.
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by poloman195129 May, 2016
ENTRANCING TRUE STORY
This book was so good it was hard to put it down! The author tells her life story in a unique way, by the end of the book I felt like I knew her personally! Anne Watts is a truly remarkable woman, who sacrificed many years of her life in looking after sick, injured and traumatised human beings, often in war torn countries where she put her own safety at risk many times.
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