ASIN: B00HMULXUC
Publisher: Blue Agave Books
Pages: 409
Blue Damask, is the story of an Austrian woman who finds the strength and power to overcome uncontrollable events by using her wits, and sometimes her wiles, to outsmart her adversaries by using their own weaknesses against them.Elsa Schluss spent the Great War in a field hospital as a surgical nurse, sewing together the mangled bodies of soldiers. She worked long hours under trying conditions without complaint, yet doctors considered her a menial worker, not a professional woman with valuable skills. After the war, Elsa entered the University of Vienna to study psychology. She had learned that many wounded soldiers fell apart when the stitches were removed. Now she continues to find it difficult to be taken seriously by the men who rule academia, and her troubles are compounded when her advisor tells her he does not think her dissertation will be accepted as written.The story ...
