Not as a Stranger

by Morton Thompson

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000BVLON0
• Release Date: January 1954
• Publisher: Scribners
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent study of medical passion

I have read Not as a Stranger perhaps four times, and every time come away with something new. The older I become, the more I realize the story is not so much about Medicine, and the passion/obsession required to complete medical training, but about a man who matures and realizes that he is not an island. Compassionate telling of a situations that are still relevant today. The examination of small town life, politics, and the medical industry in the early twentieth century is very well done. What is amazing is the examination of one man's marriage, but I leave that to the reader.

unforgettable tale

Every now and then you read a book that lasts through life...I read this book at age 15 or so and my sister then about 17 read it also...over the years we have found ourselves referring to this book for some or other reason. I think of it often and spent years looking for a copy of it, eventually finding one on a trash and treasure book stall. The way the author described both the main character and the lifestyle have remained etched permanently in my mind. The part where Lucas gets lost on a camping trip was for me a particularly special part of the book, describing the intrinsic human need for company, care and support....excellent book, a must for the book shelf...i haven't read it recently and do not know it it would have the same effect on me as it did in my developing years...

One of the best novels I've ever read.

From the time he is a small child Lucas Marsh cannot think of anything except becoming a doctor. He has a very naive and glorified view of medicine and doctors. This book tells the story of how he has to fight his way past that glorified view and come to grips with the fact that doctors are human, and as such are subject to the same human shortcomings as everyone else.

doctor's struggles with life's stress

Novel of doctor's life, from childhood to manhood. Loss of innocence leads to moral corruption, but eventual personal growth to dignity and worth