I'll stand by you : one woman's mission to heal the children of the world / by Elissa Montanti with Jennifer Haupt
- Author:
- Montanti, Elissa
- Published:
- New York, N.Y. : Dutton, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Haupt, Jennifer
- Contents:
- From Staten Island to Bosnia -- The Wrecking Ball -- When the Music Stopped -- The Wrecking Ball hits Bosnia -- Getting Back to Normal -- Pizza and Ninja Turtles -- Five Minutes to Twelve -- Learning Curve -- Chimes in the Wind -- The Day the World Changed -- Opening Windows -- Into Iraq -- Keeping My Promise -- Ali's Dream -- Connecting the Dots -- Standing up to the Wrecking Ball -- Haiti -- No Coincidences -- New Beginnings.
- Summary:
- Traces how the author worked through grief and anxiety by founding the Global Medical Relief Fund to raise money for child war victims, recounting her efforts with the Shriners Hospitals to provide dozens of injured children with free housing and ongoing medical care.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780525952954 (hard cover)
0525952950 (hard cover) - Note:
- Description based on surrogate.
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