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Beautiful Unbroken: One Nurse's Life (2011)

by Mary Jane Nealon(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1555975909 (ISBN13: 9781555975906)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Graywolf Press

review 1: Nealon has done what poets do. She has turned what could have been an ordinary life into something extraordinary. She obseves and intuits. She is sensory. Her sense is touch. Fearless touch. Absolutely fearless.This is a beautifully written book. I kept thinking she was going to blow it. That she would make memoirist mistakes - conceit, ego, exaggeration, tell-tale signs of faulty memory, etc. Or that she would have a great religious awakening or something like that. And for a page or two I was worried that it would become another 9/11 diatribe.But no, true to the cover, she floats on the river of life. Face up. Amazing woman.
review 2: Before I began this memoir, I thought it would either be boring or make me sick from all the details of nursing. It definite... morely wasn't boring. Although, there were some parts that left me queasy, but that was okay. Those moments helped me feel what she felt as a nurse. It made her journey more real for me. This memoir was heartbreaking and inspiring, both as a human being and a writer. I appreciate her candor and honesty. It is difficult to admit wrong and faults, but it was necessary to her journey and increased self-awareness and self-recognition.Thanks, Mary Jane Nealon, for sharing your journey with me. less

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