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Brooklyn Beginnings: A Geriatrician's Odyssey
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  • Robert Charney

    Robert Charney

    A pleasure to read!!! 5

    3 months ago

    I have never met someone who has had such an exciting, adventurous life as yours. Each part of the book kept me riveted and I couldn't skip even a word. What special parents you had to encourage your explorations and let you live 'outside of the box' and what a lucky person you are to have had such a special relationship with your grandmother. Thank you for sharing your life with us!!

  • Karen Jones

    Karen Jones

    Brooklyn Beginnings - A Joy to Read! 5

    4 months ago

    Brooklyn Beginnings was such a pleasure to read! The author’s photos on the book cover hint at the very personal memoir that follows. Anyone who has worked with Michael can’t help but be infected by his obvious love of life and medicine, but this memoir leads the reader through a journey in which the full man and physician is revealed. The honesty and joy with which he writes shines from the pages, and the varied life stories which take the reader around the world are stories well worth telling… + read more

  • bart mindszenthy

    bart mindszenthy

    What a read! 5

    5 months ago

    Michael Gordon shares his head, heart and soul in a most engaging, candid manner. The life road he travels really is captivating, thought provoking, joyous, and challenging, revealing a complex man who is not only obviously a great storyteller but one whose insights and values are well worth exploring.

  • James Staples

    James Staples

    Engaging story 5

    5 months ago

    A well-told story by a caring physician who managed more life experiences than most. A book worth savouring by all seniors for his dedication to research and geriatric care. A great read!!!

  • ACharise

    ACharise

    A compelling life - and read 5

    7 months ago

    _Brooklyn Beginnings: A Geriatrician's Odyssey_ is a fiery, frank, and often funny account of Dr Michael Gordon's development: not just as a pioneering physician and medical ethicist, but as a husband, father and, throughout his life, the child of aging parents himself. With its distinct and accessible narrative voice, this compelling memoir affirms that "professionalism" in medicine need not be divorced from the domain of the "personal." From acing medical vivas in Scotland, to eluding… + read more

  • Helen Senderovich

    Helen Senderovich

    Brooklyn Beginnings: A Geriatrician's Odyssey 4

    8 months ago

    Dr. Gordon's book has incredible inventiveness and amazing illustrations of events that makes it unique. It is a very emotionally powerful book, very well written and does a great job of depicting the time periods and events on which the stories are based. It contains a fascinating and truly thought-provoking analysis of human events and situations especially those that are personal to the author. Brooklyn Beginnings does a marvellous job of foreshadowing. It is never blatantly obvious what is… + read more

  • Howard Tenenbaum

    Howard Tenenbaum

    Fantastic Read 5

    9 months ago

    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… + read more

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