The Maturing Sun: An Army Nurse in India, 1942-45 (Imperial War Museum Personal Reminiscences Series)
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
Book Type: Hardcover
Fascinating story of a young woman who spends over three years in India during World War II. There she nurses both the wounded and disease-ridden. In fact, she often goes sick herself with diseases she had probably never heard of growing up. Her adventures taught her to judge people by whom they were instead of what they were. In love with an slightly older man for over a year, as she grew more experienced she broke off with him as she wasn't ready for marriage, only to quickly become engaged to a man she had known for only 16 days.
Another reminder that wars are not fought by men alone. She reminded me of my own mother, who left home at 16 to join the Australian Women's Land Army, doing agricultural work she never imagined while growing up. And she too met and became engaged to an American airman. She had only know him seven days when became engaged but they were married for over 57 years. How wars change the people we become.
Another reminder that wars are not fought by men alone. She reminded me of my own mother, who left home at 16 to join the Australian Women's Land Army, doing agricultural work she never imagined while growing up. And she too met and became engaged to an American airman. She had only know him seven days when became engaged but they were married for over 57 years. How wars change the people we become.
