Lipstick in Afghanistan

Roberta Gately's lyrical and authentic debut novel-inspired by her own experiences as a nurse in third world war zones-is one woman's moving story of offering help and finding hope in the last place she expected.

Gripped by haunting magazine images of starving refugees, Elsa has dreamed of becoming a nurse since she was a teenager. Of leaving her humble working-class Boston neighborhood to help people whose lives are far more difficult than her own. No one in her family has ever escaped pov...