Home Before Morning by Lynda Van DevanterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
So glad a coworker asked me if I had read this memoir when I was talking about how much I liked books about Vietnam. I went through a stage in high school when I read war novels and memoirs that were pretty obscure and pulp paperback-ish (thanks, Waldenbooks war section), and I can't believe I missed this memoir! Lovely memoir about the author's one year in Vietnam as an OR nurse (or, really, a surgeon), and all the crap she had to deal with when she came home. Devanter did a lot for PTSD patients and women veterans after the war, and it was nice to read about all she did in the Afterword of the book. She struggled A LOT, and the crap that she and other vets had to deal with for years is so frustrating. Agent Orange hurt her tremendously--daughter born with defects and some strange disease that she is suffering from, too. I know that Gulf veterans are dealing with the same shit, and it's so frustrating. I respect veterans, but don't much appreciate the politicians who order our people over to fight in wars that are impossible to win. I see this memoir as a must-read for nurses and anyone wanting to go into the military medical field.
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