Memory Lessons: a Fascinating Book Combining Personal Stories with Professional Advice
Posted May 14 2009 4:31pm
Dr. Jerald Winakur is the doctor we all wish we had, if not for ourselves, for our elders. His book, Memory Lessons: A Doctor' s Story, suffers from a bland cover and a deceivingly simplified subtitle, but don' t let that fool you. This doctor is a writer. He is a story teller. He is a gift to his patients and to us, the reader. In Memory Lessons, Winakur tells stories of his humble beginnings, the son of an immigrant pawn shop owner. He intertwines stories of his youth growing up in a tough neighborhood with a hardworking family that just wanted to make ends meet, with his medical education and eventual career as a gerontologist.
Dr. Jerald Winakur is the doctor we all wish we had, if not for ourselves, for our elders. His book, Memory Lessons: A Doctor' s Story, suffers from a bland cover and a deceivingly simplified subtitle, but don' t let that fool you. This doctor is a writer. He is a story teller. He is a gift to his patients and to us, the reader. In Memory Lessons, Winakur tells stories of his humble beginnings, the son of an immigrant pawn shop owner. He intertwines stories of his youth growing up in a tough neighborhood with a hardworking family that just wanted to make ends meet, with his medical education and eventual career as a gerontologist.
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