Barbara Michel

This story should be made into a movie. The main character, Neen, strong, resilient, gritty and very lively - her girls, the other nurses who were her posse throughout pre-war and WWII - how she skyrocketed in her positions of power throughout Europe so humbly and determinedly - her late in life marriage, her beloved daughter and her eventual disappearance from her own life. Wow. This book has everything. Highs and lows, exuberance and deep, deep sadness. Beautifully written, a daughter looks back and resurrects what she knows of her mother in tenderness.