Bibliograph

In love and war, nursing heroes, Liz Byrski

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In love and war, nursing heroes, Liz Byrski

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references: pages 208-211

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collective biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In love and war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Liz Byrski

Sub title

nursing heroes

Summary

In the aftermath of the Battle of Britain, chronically burned airmen were sent to a hospital in a small Sussex town. There Archibald McIndoe rebuilt the faces, hands and bodies of flyers with revolutionary surgical and therapeutic treatments. For Liz Byrski, growing up in the town after the war, the faces of the burned airmen became the stuff of her nightmares. In her late sixties, Liz returned to the town to make peace with her memories and to speak with the survivors -- known as the Guinea Pig Club -- and with the nurses who played a vital and unorthodox role in their treatment, sometimes at a significant personal cost." -- Back cover

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Nursing heroes

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