Crossing the River Sorrow, Janet Richards
Crossing the River Sorrow, Janet Richards
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Crossing the River Sorrow
One Nurse's Story

Author: Janet Richards, Janet Richards

Narrator: Kathleen Godwin

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Westbow Press

Published: 05/15/2020


Synopsis

Crossing the River Sorrow, One Nurses Story, is a personal account of one ordinary nurse’s plunge into the world of human suffering –“ the River Sorrow” –and her long quest to make peace with some of life’s most troubling questions.Medicine has undergone many changes over the decades since the author was a nurse. In the early 70’s the nursing practices of Florence Nightingale, met technology, and nurses, who were mostly women, had little power to protest the draconian work load that resulted.The stories in this book go beyond documenting nursing practice in that bygone era, to examine the things that have not changed since that tumultuous time. People still get injured.  They get sick, suffer, and die and a nurse is often at their bedside. Amidst the pain that is a part of every life, humans continue to search for meaning.Crossing the River Sorrow, One Nurse’s Story is available in paperback, Kindle and Nook format. Edited excerpts can be found in the January 2013 issue of American Journal of Nursing, and at the website crossingtheriversorrow.com. Reviews can be read on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kirkus, and in the November 2013 issue of Publishers Weekly Select.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Astin on November 02, 2016

What a gifted storyteller Janet Richards has become. After decades of work as a nurse, she found a more authentic calling for herself as she pens her stories and thoughts that are interwoven with beautiful poetic and literary analogies. 'Crossing the River Sorrow' is literally about exactly that - bu......more

Goodreads review by (Lonestarlibrarian) Keddy Ann on July 18, 2013

Crossing the River Sorrow is a memoir of nursing, motherhood and spirituality. Janet Richards has the uncommon talent of writing simply about what is most profound. With ruthless scrutiny, she examines her life's journey towards compassion and wholeness. Her honesty is deeply compelling. I laughed a......more

Goodreads review by Loren on December 08, 2014

I recieved this book for review purposes from Goodreads and the publisher of this book, Janet Richards. As a nurse I found this book to be very touching and realistic. I enjoyed sharing Ms. Richards' journey through her own career. Only another nurse can truly understand the difficulties, hardships,......more

Goodreads review by Jjudyfl on March 08, 2014

I won this book from Goodreads. Some of us who are contemplating aging, sorrow, and death are at an age where we lack 20/20 vision! But don't let the impossible-to-read back cover (blue green words on teal background) deter you from what goes on inside. Janet Richards has chosen stories from her life......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on February 24, 2014

* This was a Goodreads sweepstakes book* As a former RT I am always interested in the experiences of other medical personnel. The author and I shared many experiences including choosing our profession on a whim, our ambivalence about some aspects of the medical profession and we both lived in the sam......more