Moving Mountains - Brossura

Bertschinger, Claire

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0553825828 ISBN 13: 9780553825824

Casa editrice: Bantam, 2010

Riassunto

One of the most enduring images of the Ethiopian famine that shocked the world in 1984 was that of the young International Red Cross nurse who, surrounded by thousands of starving people and with limited supplies, had the terrible task of choosing which children to feed, knowing that those she turned away might not last the night. That nurse was Claire Bertschinger, and those pictures inspired Live Aid, the biggest relief programme the world had ever seen. 'In her was vested the power of life and death,' Bob Geldof said. 'She had become God-like, and that is unbearable for anyone.' Michael Buerk, whose BBC documentary first showed those pictures, persuaded Claire to return to Ethiopia almost twenty years later. For all those years she had been haunted by the terrible choices she had been forced to make. But when she met them again, the survivors welcomed her back with open arms.

Born in Essex, Claire Bertschinger had to overcome dyslexia to qualify as a nurse. When she joined the International Red Cross, she fulfilled a zest for adventure and a passionate vocation for relief work. She has worked with the war-wounded and hostages in Lebanon, with the Mujahidin in Afghanistan, and with victims of civil war and displaced persons in Uganda, Sierra Leone and the Sudan. Working in war zones she often came under fire herself while trying to save the lives of others.

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Recensione:

"The story of the woman who inspired Live Aid, one of the true heroines of our times...An ordinary woman who did extraordinary things and really did move mountains" (Michael Buerk)

"Her incredibly inspiring life story" (Daily Express)

"A harrowing, emotionally charged account" (Sunday Times)

"Brings to life the famine and wars most of us know only through the news media. Here is the reality of Africa" (Nursing Standard)

Descrizione del libro:

Memoir by the International Red Cross nurse whose work during the famine in Ethiopia was first brought to the attention of the western world by the BBC's Michael Buerk and which triggered Bob Geldof's Live Aid.

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• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0553825828
• ISBN 13: 9780553825824
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384