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Anne Watts Nurse and Author on the steps of the children's hospital at Kon Tum, Vietnam
Anne Watts and American troops in Vietnam
Anne Watts at Eskimo Point Canada with husky dogs
Anne Watts Nurse and Author

Following the solid, traditional Nurse and Midwife training offered by 1960s Britain, my chosen path took me on a journey of extremes. From war zones to refugee camps; burning deserts to frozen tundra; the stunning beauty of the Himalayas to tropical sunsets that take the breath away—I have learned lessons not taught in any school room.

Over some 40 years I have accumulated powerful recollections of the people who never make the headlines. These grew within me until I felt compelled to write down some of the stories. My books bring to life the places I have lived, the historical events I have witnessed and the people I have loved and cared for.

All I desire is that we learn of the strength of the human spirit, even when it seems all is lost.

”I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.

John O'Donohue “Fluent”Irish poet, priest and philosopher, 1956-2008

Soon a new book to complete the kaleidescope of my life

While Powers Debate the Children Die

Join me in Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. You will meet Bashir, the Palestinian taxi driver whose simple act of kindness will stay with me. Experience the sounds of silence echoing across the Giza to Saqqara desert on a magical Christmas Day; recoil in horror as generations of hatreds explode into brutal acts of violence. Bear witness to the aggression aimed at women and those who try to stop it.

Weep with me as this 90 year old lady, sitting quietly  in the squalor of the Burj al-Barajnieh refugee camp in Beirut where she has lived for 56 years. Now blind, she speaks of her dream of returning to the olive groves of rural Haifa when, as a young bride, she and her husband were forced to leave their small farm in 1948, walking to Lebanon along with thousands of other Palestinians.

All of human life is here. Be prepared to have assumptions blown apart in this new book I am writing.

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