One Woman's War and Peace
A Nurse's Journey in the Royal Australian Air Force
$28.37
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2016
Summary
In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world.
Through her 16-year military career she deployed on three operations, barely survived a helicopter crash, struggled to return to military service, mixed in political circles in Canberra and around the world as Aide de Camp to the Minister for Defence, and commanded a combat surgical team during some of the most intense fighting in Afghanistan. During this time, she lost her mother to breast cancer and almost lost her policeman father to a homicidal psychopath on his way to shoot dead his girlfriend but who decided to kill a cop instead.
From teaching East Timorese orphans to learn English to tending to wounded Coalition soldiers choppered into her surgical team from deadly battles on the Afghan dust, Sharon’s story is that of a sheltered civilian RN becoming a military Nursing Officer and a commander. Her military service was unique, varied and far-reaching but came at the cost of her physical and mental health. A broken back, shattered jaw and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are the price she has paid for a remarkable and inspirational career in the Royal Australian Air Force.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925335316 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925335313 |
| Author: | Sharon Bown |
| Publisher: | Exisle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Exisle Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“It’s an amazing story of a sheltered civilian RN becoming a military nursing officer and a commander.” – PS News
“There have been many memoirs published by males who have been on active service and their often terrible histories, but this is the first I have read by one of our female officers. It has been a privilege to share Sharon’s journey and her easy style of writing made that journey an engaging one to follow” – Just So Stories, 06 November 2016
“You can feel her pain following the horrific helicopter crash that left her with a broken back and shattered jaw as well as the graphic nightmares that followed…a moving account of the sacrifices so many make.” – The Weekly Times
Sharon Bown
Wing Commander Sharon Bown completed her Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Tasmania in 1995. She joined the RAAF as a Nursing Officer in 1999. During her service, she served overseas in East Timor and Afghanistan and was the commander of a surgical team deployed to Afghanistan in 2008.
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