Raquela: A Woman of Israel

A National Jewish Book Award-winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel’s statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse.

During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on the Israeli frontier. She crossed minefields to aid injured soldiers in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and organized hospitals to save the lives of those fighting the 1967 Six-Day War. Along the way, her own life was a series of triumphs and tragedies mirroring those of the newly formed Jewish state.
Raquela is a moving tribute to a remarkable woman, and an unforgettable chronicle of the birth of Israel through the eyes of those who lived it.

Author: Ruth Gruber
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Published: 10/19/2010
Pages: 478
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.57w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9781453258309
Language: English