Sister, Soldier, Surgeon

The Life and Courage of Sister Deirdre Byrne, M.D.

De: Dr. Leisa Marie Carzon

Narrado por: Ashley Amo

Meet a modern-day Joan of Arc. Whether in scrubs, camouflage, or a religious habit, Sr. Dede Byrne, in her threefold calling as a professed religious sister, renowned surgeon, and U.S. Army colonel, inspire us to both virtue and action.

If the apostles had remained hidden in the Upper Room, we would never have a Church today. Similarly, Sister’s inspirational life serves as a call to emerge from the safety of the Upper Room and enter the public square to courageously infuse culture with an unapologetic defense of Christ’s beauty, truth, and goodness.

Whether saving lives on battlefields or outside the doors of abortion clinics, this exciting narrative offers a rare glimpse into the life of a contemporary heroine who dedicates herself to care of the poor, love of God and country, and an unwavering defense of the unborn. These exhilarating pages detail:

• Sister’s journey in discerning and living her vocational calling and her personal vow of providing free and loving medical care to the poor
• Her heroic national keynote address that took the nation by storm and embodied the essence of courageously living one’s faith in the public square
• The moral prescriptions required for remaining in the state of grace and attaining eternal life
• The impactful way Sister proposes Christ to everyone she meets with fearless abandon and determined love

Sr. Dede ministered at Ground Zero on September 11, served as St. Mother Teresa’s personal physician, was deployed as a surgeon to Afghanistan for Operation Enduring Freedom, facilitated the rescue of citizens hiding from the Taliban, and travels regularly to the war-torn Nuba Mountains in Sudan to provide life-saving medical care to inhabitants under siege.

Sr. Dede continues to provide medical care to the marginalized from her convent basement clinic and administer the abortion pill reversal procedure.

©2024 Sophia Institute Press (P)2024 Sophia Instiute Press

Are you kidding me!? Every URL and note read in excruciating detail! Outrageous!

The narrator isn’t particularly good, reads in mostly monotone, and sounds like it could be AI generated, but the most egregious issue is the narrator reads every note (footnotes) including every letter, such as https://, wasting many minutes during each chapter and distracting horribly from the story.

This should have been caught by the author or at least the publisher, so they could change it to make it listenable.

This is the most horrible audible/audiobook experience I have ever had. If I didn’t have to listen to the book for an upcoming book club (I have low vision so reading the print or Kindle version is very difficult) I would stop listening.

If I could rate the performance less than one star, perhaps -5 stars, I would do that. This narrator, or AI generated voice if that’s what it is, should never be used again.

Beautiful life so poorly written and terribly read

Poorly presented Reader didn’t even pronounce routine words correctly References from web drive me crazy

Get the book, don’t listen

This is the worst audio book I’ve experienced yet. It sounds like AI is reading it, certain things are surprisingly well pronounced, while relatively elementary medical and Catholic things are mispronounced. WHO READS THE WEBSITES?! I skipped ahead every time a URL started. The reading of the notes/websites was outrageous.