The Second-Time Teacher
Lessons from Afghanistan
Published on 8. April 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-6488057-0-0 (ISBN)
Description
Against a backdrop of war, poverty, extreme physical injury, disability and suffering the reader accompanies physiotherapy teacher Ian Edwards on a thirty year journey of experiences in war devastated Afghanistan and impoverished and remote rural Mexico.
This story traverses the full spectrum of humanity, from violence and social injustice to unreserved hospitality and compassion. Edwards reflects upon and makes sense of these experiences in self revealing dialogues with his recently deceased brother Paul and his young granddaughter Ocean.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-6488057-0-0 (9780648805700)
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Ian Edwards joined The Loyal Edmonton Regiment in 1959. He served in the ranks for ten years. As a sergeant he was a rifle platoon 2ic, company quartermaster sergeant, and battalion orderly room chief clerk. He was a second lieutenant and quartermaster of The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. As a captain, he commanded army cadet corps of both regiments. Ian graduated from the University of Alberta in 1972 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He has collected Canadian Army insignia since 1970, and was elected honorary life member of the Military Collectors' Club of Canada in 2018 for his decades of service on the Club's national and local executives. Ian was the editor of the Forty-Niner magazine from 1995 to 1997, and a volunteer at The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum since 1998. Ian was presented with the Canadian Forces Decoration in 1974 and the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2006.