Adele Levine's days rehabilitating amputee soldiers at Walter Reed were intense, chaotic, and heartbreaking, but they were also filled with camaraderie and unlikely humor. Working in a glassed-in gymnasium, Levine, her colleagues, and their patients were constantly on display to tour groups, politicians, and celebrities. Some would tear up openly at the sight—but inside the glass and out of earshot, the P.T.s and the rowdy patients cracked jokes, played pranks, and compared stumps as they worked to not only walk again, but to run.
Deeply humane and absorbing, Run, Don't Walk takes us inside a fast-paced, fascinating world we have never seen before.
