The Healer’s War

In The Healer's War, Elizabeth Anne Scarborough weaves a powerful narrative set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, following Lt. Kitty McCulley, an inexperienced nurse grappling with the chaos and horrors around her. Drawing on her own experiences as a nurse in Vietnam, Scarborough explores McCulley's struggles with the indifference of some colleagues and the devastating realities faced by soldiers and civilians. Enriched by a mystical amulet that grants her the ability to see auras, McCulley's journey through the jungle, alongside a one-legged boy and a battle-weary soldier, becomes a profound quest for understanding and survival. This award-winning novel is described as both "brutal and beautiful," capturing the complexities of war and healing.