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faithfulgirl4's review
5.0
This was a really good book! I started reading it because it was on a reading list published by my Career Tech Student Organization for a competition.
This is a very fast reading book about a young Navajo woman named Lori who becomes a surgeon. This was a pretty big deal because typically the medical field does not recognize the cultures, customs, and ceremonies of the Navajo. Add to that, Lori is female. She overcomes many obstacles, becoming accepted at Dartmouth, and then becoming a respected surgeon in her field.
Lori's goal was to mix modern medicine with Navajo medicine to reach the members of her tribe and surrounding areas. She manages to do this by becoming a patient herself (not by choice!) and aligning herself with other Navajo medical professionals. It's not until she feels she needs a medicine man that this need becomes ever more clear to her.
I found this book to be very inspiring. I hope I can take something from this book to add to my own nursing practice. I also feel that I have learned more of my heritage in terms of Native American practices. I am not Navajo but of Cherokee descent.
This is a very fast reading book about a young Navajo woman named Lori who becomes a surgeon. This was a pretty big deal because typically the medical field does not recognize the cultures, customs, and ceremonies of the Navajo. Add to that, Lori is female. She overcomes many obstacles, becoming accepted at Dartmouth, and then becoming a respected surgeon in her field.
Lori's goal was to mix modern medicine with Navajo medicine to reach the members of her tribe and surrounding areas. She manages to do this by becoming a patient herself (not by choice!) and aligning herself with other Navajo medical professionals. It's not until she feels she needs a medicine man that this need becomes ever more clear to her.
I found this book to be very inspiring. I hope I can take something from this book to add to my own nursing practice. I also feel that I have learned more of my heritage in terms of Native American practices. I am not Navajo but of Cherokee descent.
princessnomi's review
4.0
I love this story I didn't think I would like it because I had to read it for school and its not the kind of book that I like but once I started reading and more of the story came into play I got lost in Lori's stories and everything that she has been through. I just kept thinking when reading this was "I wish I was born a Native American it would be wonderful to be part of a big group like that."
maddiewagner's review against another edition
medium-paced
4.5
Beautiful memoir by the first Navajo female surgeon in the U.S. I recently read another memoir by a Navajo (Dine) author (Dog Flowers) and I really appreciated how some of the cultural information held in this book - which was published almost 20 years before it - built on what I learned in that book. The writing was accessible and engaging. I really think anyone interested in becoming a doctor or working in the medical field should read this book but it's also just very interesting for the average reader.
chickadilly's review
3.0
Interesting look at a woman living within two vastly different cultures. I really enjoyed reading this.