Carrie rated The Body Keeps the Score: 4 stars
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. Van Der Kolk
An expert on traumatic stress outlines an approach to healing, explaining how traumatic stress affects brain processes and how to …
One of the most powerful Iraq war narratives I've ever read.
Chaplain Turner's story illuminates the profound burden borne by those who care for those who wage our wars for us. As big as his heart is, the support the chaplain gives the men of his battalion comes at a steep personal price. Although he never is tasked with taking life, the work he does for his flock is forms trauma of its own, an experience that impacts him and his family in an enduring way.
An important and deeply moving read for those wanting to understand war's travails in a broader way.
