Tear in the Desert [Hardcover]

Ron Camarda (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0615195784 | ISBN-13: 978-0615195780 | Publication Date: June 24, 2008

Father Ron Camarda was recalled to Active Duty to serve with the Marines during the Battle for Fallujah, Iraq (2004). At Bravo Surgical (Marine equivalent to a M.A.S.H. unit)he received over 1500 casualties and 81 deaths. When he returned home he found his work was not done. Walking with the widows and families left behind has been filled with great love and compassion. This is a walk with God into the war in the desert, only to find that the real war is within the human heart. The Afterward is by Colonel Mike Shupp, USMC Commanding Officer, Regimental Combat Team-1, Fallujah 2004-2005

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Ron Moses Camarda (June 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0615195784
• ISBN-13: 978-0615195780
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,288,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt, moving, raw, and real..., August 14, 2008

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C. Weber (VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tear in the Desert (Hardcover)

Father Ron draws you in and leaves you hanging on every word. He has a way of making you feel like you are there with him...so close you can almost touch those that he cared for. In the midst of what some could consider "hell on earth", Father Ron still had the ability to say at the end of every day, "God is good...all the time." This book is not about religion or about the war. It is about what it means to be human and we are so deeply affected by what happens around us. Father Ron was not just a Chaplain, he was the last person to touch 81 brave men as they left this world and into the hands of God. He was the one who many injured looked to for reassurance that everything was going to be ok. He was all they had in their final hour...what a blessing. I couldn't put the book down. I read it in one sitting and crave to hear more.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tear in the Desert by Fr. Ron Camarda, September 9, 2008

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David M. Feazell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tear in the Desert (Hardcover)

Tear in the Desert by Father Ron Moses Camarda is an astonishing journey that beckons one to explore all the dimensions of the human spirit in a most unlikely, yet timely place, Iraq. You will experience the laughter, horror, joy, bewilderment, pain, and tears of his journey and that of his brothers and sisters on the battlefield. Death and life are presented as both strong and fragile.

Padre Camarda shares with us the strength of his faith and the humanity of his emotions as he allows us to glimpse the true miracle of life in a dying soldier's single tear. This is a book about our own journey, insecurities, love, pain. and redemption.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, August 18, 2008

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S. Pittman (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tear in the Desert (Hardcover)

Father Ron's book is destined to bring souls to God! It is a powerful testimony to the heart of a priest who sees death as a spiritual calling. He brings Jesus to the moment when we must walk on sacred ground and face the loss of a loved one in this world.The war in Iraq presents such a stark background to the holiness of Father's work. The faces and stories I will remember always.