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Author:

Montanti, Elissa.

Title:

I'll stand by you : one woman's mission to heal the children of the world / Elissa Montanti with Jennifer Haupt.

Publisher:

Dutton,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xv, 236 p. : ill (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Montanti, Elissa.
Global Medical Relief Fund.
Child health services--United States.
World health.
Children and war.
War relief.
War wounds--Treatment.
Prosthesis.
Biomedical technicians--New York--New York--Biography.

Other Authors:

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 ongoingmedical care.

ISBN:

0525952950 (hard cover)
9780525952954 (hard cover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)757469754

LCCN:

2012005232

Locations:

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

ELPC715 -- Paullina Public Library (Paullina)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

JHPC815 -- Sac City Public Library (Sac City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)