“He had brought his bone saw in its leather case. And his white linen smock, the one he used to save his clothes when he had dirty work in store, and would have Li Chang wash and bleach after. An amputation would be the dirtiest work there was. He remembered the smocks the surgeons wore, layer on layer of red, dried blood darker under fresh red splashes, with the occasional white splinter of bone. Joshua prayed as he rode, prayed hard and desperately, prayed that the smock in his bag would be clean and white when he turned homeward.” WarHistoricalCivil WarSurgeryDoctorCasualtiesAmputation Book:What Heals the Heart Source: What Heals the Heart
“All through his childhood, he had wished he had brothers instead of, or in addition to, three sisters. That wish, too, had died in the war.” WarGriefVeteranBereavementSiblingsBrothers Book:What Heals the Heart Source: What Heals the Heart