Monday, July 11, 2005
Vital Signs
Barbara Wood is amazing. I loved this book. It's not a historical book, like her others, but it's a wonderful tale of 3 females,who meet in medical school in the late '60s -- bright, ambitious women struggling to make a place in a man's world. Each has a past she wants to forget. Each has a dream she yearns to fulfill. And in the years that lie ahead -- years of triumph and tragedy, joy and sorrow, love and loneliness -- each will find, in their unique bond of friendship, the courage and strength to succeed.
There is Mickey, disfigured from birth, who turns to plastic surgery to heal herself and others afflicted with her special pain. Sondra, abandoned by her natural parents, who becomes a missionary doctor to forgotten souls crying out for love.
And Ruth, who discovers the miracle of motherhood, and opens a pioneering fertility clinic that offers new hope to those who once had none.
Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, Vital Signs weaves a rich and compelling story of contemporary women's lives in love and work, revealing the special challenges faced by women in medicine today.
About 350 pages.
There is Mickey, disfigured from birth, who turns to plastic surgery to heal herself and others afflicted with her special pain. Sondra, abandoned by her natural parents, who becomes a missionary doctor to forgotten souls crying out for love.
And Ruth, who discovers the miracle of motherhood, and opens a pioneering fertility clinic that offers new hope to those who once had none.
Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, Vital Signs weaves a rich and compelling story of contemporary women's lives in love and work, revealing the special challenges faced by women in medicine today.
About 350 pages.
# posted by Gina @ 6:13 PM 
