a typical erich segal saga of human emotions,'doctors' takes the readers through a journey into the psyche of a group of medical students and their metamorphoscence as full fledged doctors.the author weaves a story of the trials and tribulations faced by barney livingston,his childhood friend and soul mate laura castellano ,bennett landsmann,a jewish black and their batchmates who upon entering the ultimate vatican of medicine-the harvard medical school soon find their respective callings later in life.while laura has a childhod guilt of losing her baby sister to poio as the source of inspiration,barney with his natural skill of lending a sympathetic ear to his friends and bennet's flair become a psychatrist and a surgeon respectively.erich uses his master skill as a writer to not only carry forward the story but also tells a parallel tale of the world that was in the 1960s.with blacks being shunned everywhere,bennett is forced to give up his ambition of being the best surgeon in the world when in a case of unfortunate misunderstanding,policemen injure him badly enough for tryin to save a man from instant death that he is unable to hold a knife again.though laura soon gains reputation in the field of infant medicine ,she is inwardly suffering from low self esteem which only barney can understand.with her once perfect marriage breaking down,she turns towards barney and they soon discover that they are made for each other.as they embark upon their final struggle of saving their kid from a rare syndrome,they try a new formula,a chinese potion and along with their love ,try to bring back the child from the fringes of death.will they succeed?the usual segal touch of mysticism comes with the author wondering if there was anything calles faith and love which could heal a person.with startling facts like the doctors suicide rate being 4 times greater that the normal american average,segal brings to us,the harsh reality faced by the highly reverd yet highly pressurized community.in this segal scores because not all authors have managed to make the community as normal as you or me.a touching story that enriches not only the brain (with all the imp. medical procedures thrown in)but also the hearts. a must read for all erich segal fans.man,after his love story,this is THE book................. if u would like to send any comments,send it to
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