If the first sentence in this delightful tale doesn't grab your attention, you'd better check your pulse, or call 911 because you might not be breathing for long! Or you could call Dr. Michael Gordon, author of this wonderfully engaging and well-written memoir. He details his humble beginnings as a young Jewish boy growing up in New York through his training as a physician in, of all places Dundee Scotland, his active duty as an officer in the Israeli Air Force during the pivotal 1971 War of Attrition, to his leadership in the recognition of a new specialty in Medicine in Canada; Geriatrics. It is clear that he loves life and lives life to the fullest. He also shows his love for medicine and his patients.
It is a refreshing read, and so satisfying to realize that someone so accomplished is also so adventurous and engaging. If I could give this 6 stars I would, but the highest is 5!