The Tennis Partner: A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0694520195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the critically acclaimed author of "My Own Country" comes a riveting and forceful memoir of a doctor coming to personal terms with love and loss through the death of his best friend and tennis partner.
Not for the weak of heart Ken Stofft With his skill at expressing vulnerabilities, fears, and the whole spectrum of emotions, Verghese certainly has captured the addict's mind and underlying foundations of his addiction. This was a hard one for me to get through due to my addictive past. I could feel the past shame arise within me as Verghese renders his subjects apart, exposes his own naivete, and touches the heart of the matter and me as the reader.Every doctor should be reading this book. When I worked at the teaching hospital in Richmond, the doctors would treat. A story of friendship (and so much more) Caitlin Cutting for Stone is one of my favorite books and I've been meaning to read The Tennis Partner ever since. I bought it before a recent trip to Maui and read it in 3 days. It was a heartbreaking read, but a story that is so important. This is a book about friendship, tennis, medicine, addiction, love, heartbreak and so much more. I'd highly recommend this book.. This is an amazing, complex story of friendship between two men as This is an amazing, complex story of friendship between two men as mentor and protegee. Verghese is an amazing writer with a passionate heart and voice. He explores the themes of loyalty, addiction, and betrayal with a clarity of thought that makes this story a compelling read. To all those who enjoy universal themes of what it means to be human this book is a must read!!
Both men are struggling to rebuild their lives, Verghese undergoing a painful divorce, Smith struggling with an intravenous cocaine addiction. Careful observation, compassion, restraint: these are the instruments Verghese uses to stunning effect in The Tennis Partner. The author of the powerful My Own Country, a chronicle of caring for AIDS patients in rural Tennessee, Verghese once again proves that the skills of a good doctor are strikingly similar to those of a good writer. For a brief, idyllic period, their friendship flourishes; Verghese mentors Smith in the examining room, while Smith, an Australian who competed briefly on the pro circuit, ends up Verghese's teacher on the court. What is it about sports that makes some men wax as mystical as a Castanedan Yaqui? In the hands of writers such as David James Duncan and Norman Maclean, the simple, repetitive motions of baseball, fly-fishing, and