Raquela
Download or Read eBook Raquela PDF written by Ruth Gruber and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Ruth Gruber |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 369 |
| Release | : 2010-10-19 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781453206102 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1453206108 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Raquela by : Ruth Gruber
Book excerpt: A National Jewish Book Award–winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel’s statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse. During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on the Israeli frontier. She crossed minefields to aid injured soldiers in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and organized hospitals to save the lives of those fighting the 1967 Six-Day War. Along the way, her own life was a series of triumphs and tragedies mirroring those of the newly formed Jewish state. Raquela is a moving tribute to a remarkable woman, and an unforgettable chronicle of the birth of Israel through the eyes of those who lived it.
