Moving Mountains - Softcover

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Claire Bertschinger has worked as an International Red Cross nurse in many war zones across the world including Ethiopia, Lebanon and Afghanistan. She now works at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1985 she was awarded the Bish Medal for courage and determination in the face of adversity and, in 1991, the prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal for those who have distinguished themselves in times of peace and war.

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'In her was vested the power of life and death' Bob Geldof

Crossing the front line in a war zone, dealing with gruesome injuries, starvation and disease, are experiences that most people would avoid at all costs.But for Essex-born Claire Bertschinger, who had to overcome her dyslexia to qualify as a nurse, challenges such as these are not only a job, but a way of life.With the International Red Cross, she has worked to save lives in some of the most dangerous places on earth. In Lebanon, she helped refugees escape under fire across the front line; on the Sudanese border she fought a cholera outbreak; in Afghanistan she tended the war wounded and fell in love with a Mujahedin fighter.Her warm, matter-of-fact account gives a vivid picture, not only of the adventure and danger and the wild partying when off-duty, but also of the heavy physical and emotional toll endured.

In 1985, it was the TV news image of Claire as a young nurse on a remote feeding station in Ethiopia, forced to choose which of thousands of starving children to attempt to save, that inspired Live Aid.For twenty years she was haunted by the memory of the terrible choices she had to make there, until she returned, and found she was welcomed back with open arms. But this was only one of the highlights of a life filled with courage, compassion and adventure.

'A beautiful story that needed to be told and, more importantly, needs to be read' Janine di Giovanni, author of Madness Visible