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"M*A*S*H" meets "Scrubs" in a sharply observant, darkly funny, and
totally unique debut memoir from physical therapist Adele Levine.
In her six years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Adele Levine
rehabilitated soldiers admitted in worse and worse shape. As body
armor and advanced trauma care helped save the lives--if not the
limbs--of American soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq,
Walter Reed quickly became the world leader in amputee
rehabilitation. But no matter the injury, physical therapy began
the moment the soldiers emerged from surgery.
Days at Walter Reed were intense, chaotic, consuming, and
heartbreaking, but they were also filled with camaraderie and
humor. Working in a glassed-in fishbowl gymnasium, Levine, her
colleagues, and their combat-injured patients were on display at
every moment to tour groups, politicians, and celebrities. Some
would shudder openly at the sight--but inside the glass and out of
earshot, the PTs and the patients cracked jokes, played pranks, and
compared stumps.
With dazzling storytelling, "Run, Don't Walk" introduces a motley
array of oddball characters including: Jim, a retired
lieutenant-colonel who stays up late at night baking cake after
cake, and the militant dietitian who is always after him; a surgeon
who only speaks in farm analogies; a therapy dog gone rogue; --and
Levine's toughest patient, the wild, defiant Cosmo, who comes in
with one leg amputated and his other leg shattered.
Entertaining, engrossing, and ultimately inspiring, "Run, Don't
Walk" is a fascinating look into a hidden world.
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