Posted by wendy b. on December 3, 2002, at 21:55:46
In reply to Another good book by Verghese, posted by jane d on October 14, 2002, at 17:13:44
> > "The Tennis Partner" by Abraham Verghese is the story of a doctor who befriends a medical student
> > with a drug problem. It's a touching, well-written book that discusses the little-known world of MDs addicted to narcotics.
>
> He wrote an earlier book which I thought was great. "My Own Country" is about working with Aids patients in Tennessee at a time when people denied they had a gay population and also about living there as an outsider.
>
> Jane
Jane,Late as this is - I'll second that about "My Own Country" -- made me want to go to med school for a while (then I wised up!). "The Tennis Partner" looks very interesting, too...
"So many books, so little time..."
best,
Wendy
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