Fiction. For decades, Della Brown has tried to forget her service as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam. But when she receives a letter from a fellow combat nurse, once her closest friend, all the memories come flooding back: Della's nightmarish introduction to the Twelfth Evacuation Hospital, where every bed held a patient hideously wounded in ways never mentioned in nursing school. The day she learned how to tell young men they were about to die. The night her chopper pilot boyfriend failed to return from his mission. She must also confront the fissures in her family life, the mystery of her father's disappearance, the things mothers and daughters cannot—maybe should not—know about one another, and the lifelong repercussions of a single mistake. An unflinching depiction of war and its personal costs, HER OWN VIETNAM is also a portrait of a woman in midlife—a mother, a nurse, and long ago a soldier. "Kanter explores the life of Della Brown and the haunting effects of her time in Vietnam with great emotion and insight. This novel successfully captures a very specific time in history but it also reveals the more subtle battles of a daughter, sister, wife, mother and friend."—Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life, Tending to Virginia, and Going Away Shoes "Lynn Kanter's characters, Della and Charlene, could be anyone's mother, sister, or daughter. Because they are so accessible, the reader finds it easy to journey with them. It should be a required trip for everyone, particularly those who think there is glory in war."—Mary Reynolds Powell, Captain, U.S. Army Nurse Corps, Vietnam 1970-71, author of A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam "HER OWN VIETNAM will captivate you, and bring you to tears. It will also give you a deeper understanding of what military nurses endure."—Military Spouse Book Review "This novel is one of the best books about nurses in Vietnam."—VVA Veteran (national magazine of the Vietnam Veterans of America) "Well written, compassionate, and perceptively told, addressing the trauma felt by the 'invisible' women in Vietnam."—Foreword Reviews

Her Own Vietnam

Literature & Fiction

Kanter, Lynn

Contemporary

Shade Mountain Press

Strong grant proposal writing made easy From small startups to established national organizations, nonprofits large and small depend on grant funding to survive and thrive. Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals has long been the go-to resource for individuals and organizations looking for a clear, easy-to-follow approach to tackling the grant-writing process and winning funds. Now, in this revised Fifth Edition, changes and developments in the not-for-profit sector are integrated into the time-tested grant-writing formula that has proven effective time and again. New to this edition, you’ll find an expanded discussion of the importance of relationship building, social media, and online resources to successful nonprofit funding. The text has also been revised to include guidance for nonprofit program budgets for both foundation and public funding grants. Never before has Winning Grants Step by Step been so easy to comprehend. Updated worksheets and forms will improve your comprehension and make your grant proposals stronger and more successful than ever. <ul>
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Winning Grants Step by Step: The Complete Workbook for Planning, Developing, and Writing Successful Proposals (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series)

Business & Money

O'Neal-McElrath, Tori

Jenkins English, Lynn

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Jossey-Bass

The Mayor of Heaven begins as four friends prepare for a party saluting Claire Morganstern - charismatic, dynamic, and dead of breast cancer at 45. Claire's partner Lucy and her friends Rasheda, Jane, and Harry struggle to reshape their lives, their allegiances, and their expectations as they learn to live with her absence.Lucy discovers that grief is a new form of gravity that alters the world. Rasheda reaches for a definition of family that both transcends tradition and includes her husband and little girl, while Harry wonders how he can continue to love women in the midst of this epidemic. Jane fights to balance a new passion with an old secret. And Claire - who has been dead six months when the book begins - still manages to pull the strings.

The Mayor of Heaven

United States

Third Side Press

This acclaimed novel begins as four friends prepare for a party saluting Claire Morganstern--charismatic, dynamic, and dead of breast cancer at 45. Claire's partner Lucy and her friends Rasheda, Jane, and Harry struggle to reshape their lives as they learn to live with Claire's absence. Here is both a vivid portrait of a missing person and an exploration of four diverse friends who finally discover what unites them.

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