Grace Period
Series: Western Literature Series
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: August 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780874176797
Subjects: Modern fiction; Physician and patient; Fiction - General; Fiction; Patients; Romance - Adult; Literary; Cancer; Family relationships
Description: Just when Sacramento journalist Marty Martinez thinks his life can't get any worse, it does. His beloved son has died of AIDS, his wife has divorced him and joined a cult, and his daughter blames him for the disintegration of their family. Then a chance medical examination reveals that he has prostate cancer.