![]() ![]() Doctors -heartbreaking, witty, inspiring, and utterly, grippingly real-is a vibrant portrait that culminates in a murder, a trial. Prizes by Erich Segal is one of the most heart warming books I have ever read. Segal was born in Brooklyn.In the arena of life and death, the worlds most brilliant doctors and scientists. ![]() Yet even their devotion to each other, even their medical gifts may not be enough to save the one life they treasure above all others. Erich Segal was an American author and screenwriter, best known for his first novel, Love Story. At the novel's heart is the unforgettable relationship of Barney Livingston and Laura Castellano, childhood friends who separately find unsettling celebrity and unsatisfying love-until their friendship ripens into passion. From the crucible of med school's merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs-and sometimes tragedies-beyond, Doctors brings to vivid life the men and women who seek to heal but who must first walk through fire. When I was in twelfth grade, we learnt the Cranial nerves like this, OOOPTAFAGVAH, a mnemonic as scary as it could be. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors-what makes them tick, scheme, hurt. Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962. ![]()
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