Doctor, Doctor: Life Lessons of a Veterinarian Turned Physician - Paperback
Doctor, Doctor: Life Lessons of a Veterinarian Turned Physician - Paperback
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by Joanne Holland (Author), Tom Alesia (With)
Wise and wise-cracking, longtime veterinarian Dr. Joanne Holland became a medical doctor in Drain, Oregon, at age 60. Determined to improve rural medicine, Dr. Holland has operated a one-person medical clinic there since 2004. She is 79 -- and completing a career that evolved from being a veterinarian in Alaska, Yukon Territory and Wisconsin to a physician in rural Oregon. Along the way, she battled dyslexia, extreme shyness, sexism and ageism. Twice divorced, she raised two daughters, including one with autism, and suffered life-threatening surgery to remove a "mouse-sized" tumor in her heart in 1998. She's an inspiration and a force of nature. Her engaging memoir and inspirational moments will be embraced by readers. She's the ultimate earth mother, whose stories will ruffle feathers and provoke smiles. Doctor, Doctor is a real-life Lessons in Chemistry crossed with a raw All Creatures Great and Small.
