(Memoir, 259 pp. 1981)
The author, a Bronx-born physician and noted writer, probes his tortured relationship with his Yiddish-speaking immigrant father. In recreating the tense environment of his childhood, his father’s dark moods and increasing debilitation, Nuland charts his ultimately successful struggle to live in a larger and more fulfilling world.
- Kirkus review
- Review by Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times, January 27, 2003
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- Review by Edward Morris, BookPage, January 2003
- Review by Felice Aull, NYU School of Medicine, July 2, 2004
- Presentation: CSPAN (58 min.)