Crossings, Jon Kerstetter
Crossings, Jon Kerstetter
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Crossings
A Doctor-Soldier's Story

Author: Jon Kerstetter

Narrator: Paul Woodson

Unabridged: 12 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2017


Synopsis

In Iraq, as a medic and officer, Jon Kerstetter balanced two impossibly conflicting imperatives—to heal and to kill. When he suffered an injury and then a stroke during his third tour, he wound up back home in Iowa, no longer able to be either a doctor or a soldier. In this gorgeous memoir that moves from his impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the madness of Iraq and his intense mandate to assemble a team to identify the remains of Uday and Qusay Hussein, and the struggle afterward to come to terms with a life irrevocably changed, Kerstetter beautifully illuminates war and survival, the fragility of the human body, and the strength of will that lies within.

About Jon Kerstetter

Jon Kerstetter received his medical degree from the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minnesota and his MFA degree from Ashland University in Ohio. He practiced emergency medicine and military medicine, serving as a combat physician and flight surgeon for the US Army and completing three combat tours in Iraq. He has also taught disaster relief and practiced emergency medicine in Kosovo, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Honduras.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Janet on June 04, 2017

This was a 4 out of 5 stars read for me. A soldier. A doctor. How do you reconcile the two? Especially in a war-torn country when doctors are to "do no harm," but a soldier must "shoot to kill." This was an interesting read from a man that had to experience both. How do you ever live with yourself on......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on November 19, 2017

This is a good book. When I got to the end I found it all the more amazing how well written it is once I knew about the author's struggles after suffering a stroke. The parts about the war are brutal at times, but so is war, so it gave greater clarity on the effects war has on those who have to figh......more