NEW BOOK

 A new book review for you today---I love it when I find a real winner.  This book caused me to reflect upon the history I have lived through and the profound effect it has had on all of us.   The author of The Nightingale ,Kristin Hannah, has hit upon a new winner-

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This books is SO intense---I occasionally had to put it down and take a break.  A historical fiction account of a nurse during the Viet Nam war---I relived those years and emotions with each page.  Most of my generation lost someone they knew--perhaps someone they loved during this controversial war.  We all remember the news those days.  This is a recount of those nurses who were on the medical front lines during those years, and  the effect the war had on their lives and, in many ways, an even greater lack of recognition for their sacrifices than the soldiers. (I can write a run on sentence with the best of them!) It touched me deeply.

As I read the book, I came away pondering a deep question.  Was this the beginning of the rage in society which we are still seeing today?  Anger can be a healthy emotion--especially when we use it constructively to bring about change.  Somehow during this long tragic war (military action since there was no declaration of war---definitely semantics!!), the anger over the war spilled over from anger into an all consuming rage.  Rage is not a healthy emotion--and it can lead to  physical harm that detracts from solving the problem.  You might not agree--that is ok.  At many a point while reading, I was left with that burning question---was this the beginning of the overwhelming anger and rage we see in society today?

That was a little side note--the book is excellent.  If you liked The Nightingale, this is just as well written and thought provoking.  Intense--sad--heart breaking---this story gives an excellent description of the consequences of war and the long hard years of making peace at the end.  I highly recommend this book.

My soul hath long dwelt

With him that hateth peace.

I am for peace:

But when I speak, they are for war."

Psalm 120:6-7