PEACE AT LAST
Stories of
Hope and Healing for Veterans and Their Families
by
Deborah L. Grassman
ISBN
978-0-918339-72-0 | Trade Paper | 240 pages 6x9 | Acid Free Paper | Index
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$19.95
Over the past 25 years, I’ve cared for veterans of World War I and every
war since. If I had had the insights I now have through Deborah and this
book, I’d have been a better doctor, and a better son. For every person who
cares for veterans, knows a veteran, loves a veteran, or is a veteran, this
book will bring enlightenment, healing, or both. Frankly, our nation needs
to read this book, prepare to cry, and let the healing
begin.
Thomas Edes, M.D., Director, Home and Community-Based Care
U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs
As a hospice nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the author often
heard the comment, “Isn’t your work depressing?” during social and
professional gatherings. Like many others, she had begun her career with the
same prejudice and fear. Because she feared death itself, she was unaware
that she could find peace, joy, and fulfillment in caring for people at the
end of their lives. She had no special training in caring for veterans, and
she had no reason to think that veterans’ needs were any different from
nonveterans. With time and experience, however, she began to realize that
these veterans had experiences and training that made them different from
other hospice patients. Likewise she began to understand that she could
learn lessons about peace from people who were trained for war; that
warriors often have wisdom that, paradoxically, shows us how to live in
peace with each other and within ourselves.
In Peace at Last, Deborah Grassman takes the reader on a journey of
understanding and growth. While caring for thousands of veterans in a
hospice setting over a 25-year career in a VA hospital, she gathered the
veterans’ stories of pain and redemption, personal awakening, and peace.
Then she crafted these stories into an unforgettable book. Designed to help
caregivers, family members, and veterans themselves understand the impact of
war and military culture on lives and emotions, Peace at Last
contains veterans’ stories, hospice experiences, and a series of appendices
providing sample materials.
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