Anne Morrison Welsh
Autor(a) de Fire of the heart : Norman Morrison's legacy in Viet Nam and at home
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Held in the light : Norman Morrison's sacrifice for… por Anne Morrison Welsh
This is a heartbreaking story. It is not only about one woman's loss and her brief attempts to find meaning; it is a heartbreaking story about the United States and our ongoing failure as a nation to come to terms with the Vietnam War. Held in the Light gives us hope, however, because it is about individuals who have struggled to face the truth, and to help us all, as an Welsh's daughter put it, to "carry the weight" of the past.
Anne Morrison Welsh tells the moving story of her husband’s self-sacrifice at the Pentagon in November 1965 in a desperate effort to help end a war he abhorred. Quaker Norman Morrison felt led to make this extreme statement in the manner of Vietnamese Buddhist monks. In telling her husband’s story, the author also shares her own spiritual journey of forgiveness, acceptance and gradual recovery from life’s wounds. A 1999 visit to Viet Nam was healing for Anne Morrison Welsh as she and her daughters met with many Vietnamese who shared with her the extraordinary impact that Norman Morrison’s act had on their hearts and minds.… (mais)
Morrison Welsh tells the moving story of her husband’s self-sacrifice at the Pentagon in November 1965 in a desperate effort to help end a war he abhorred. Quaker Norman Morrison felt led to make this extreme statement in the manner of Vietnamese Buddhist monks. She shares her own spiritual journey of forgiveness, acceptance and gradual recovery from life’s wounds. A 1999 visit to Viet Nam was healing for her as she and her daughters met with many Vietnamese who shared with her the extraordinary impact that Morrison’s act had on their hearts and minds.… (mais)
This is a heartbreaking story. It is not only about one woman's loss and her brief attempts to find meaning; it is a heartbreaking story about the United States and our ongoing failure as a nation to come to terms with the Vietnam War. Held in the Light gives us hope, however, because it is about individuals who have struggled to face the truth, and to help us all, as an Welsh's daughter put it, to "carry the weight" of the past.
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