A review by wychwoodnz
The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

3.0

This was a very evocative novel, and what it lacked in plot (I wouldn't have expected to be describing the first 50% of a book about an American nurse in the Vietnam War as uneventful, but here we are) it definitely made up for in descriptive prose. I wouldn't ordinarily have picked up a war novel but as this was told from a woman's perspective by one who was actually in Vietnam it was more attractive and relatable to me as reader. The book also includes an essay with more information about the author's process in bringing forth the novel and this was a good read too.