My Own Country: A Doctor's Story

Author: Verghese, Abraham

Brand: VINTAGE

Color: Grey

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 448

Release Date: 01-05-1995

Part Number: 0679752927_used

Details: By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an “urban problem” had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency.

EAN: 9780679752929

Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English