num_pages: 220
description: When Jason was thirteen and wanted to be a doctor, Immaculate Heart Hospital told him, "Maybe when you are a little older, you can come to work as an ordely." But Jason couldn't wait and began an astonishing career that catapulted him into major responsibilities in metropolitan hospitals in Washington and Los Angeles. Yet professional success was counterpointed by personal disappointment. As man and doctor, smart, idealistic, rebellious, but beloved by patients for his good humor and compassion, what Dr. Jason Dreyfus achieved simply didn't add up. Recognition as a top physician, a glamorous home in the Hollywood Hills, medals for his championship power-lifting, a faithful dog to come home to could not erase the image of the loving woman he really yearned for. Would the answer be hometown sweetheart, Laurie; blonde, impulsive Oregonian, Bonnie; caring drug counselor, Zoe; Regina, his seductive Latina patient; or Dr. Lilith Greene, his power-driven boss, whose sophisticated, exotic L.A. lifestyle belied her fractured childhood in South Boston? The tug of war and love between Jason and Lilith assumes monumental proportions in Jason's life until there seems no way out. This first novel by David Aaron Goldstein offers drama, action, life-and-death suspense, moments of high comedy and glimpses into those dark corners that touch us all in this moving human odyssey. It pulses with life and unforgettable stories, a modern Canterbury Tales with the hospital instead of a cathedral at its core.
language: English
title: The Physician's Tale
titlecomplete: The Physician's Tale
publisher: July Blue Press