Vital Signs (Paperback)

by Barbara Wood (Author)
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Product Description
“Mixing medicine and romance in absolutely riveting combinations is getting to be a habit with Barbara Wood.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Entertainment fiction at its best.”—Booklist

“A winning combination of medicine and romance.”—Library Journal

Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, acclaimed novelist Barbara Wood weaves a rich and compelling story of three women’s lives and the challenges they face in their careers and in their relationships.

In the late 1960s, these bright, ambitious women struggling to make a place in a man’s world meet in medical school. Each has a past she wants to forget, and each has a dream she needs to fulfill.

Mickey Long—Disfigured from birth, Mickey turns to plastic surgery to heal herself and others afflicted with her special pain.

Sondra Mallone—Abandoned by her natural parents, Sondra becomes a missionary doctor to forgotten souls crying out for love.

Ruth Shapiro—After discovering the miracle of motherhood, Ruth opens a pioneering fertility clinic that offers new hope to those who once had none.

In the years that lie ahead—years of triumph and tragedy, joy and sorrow, love and loneliness—each woman will find, in their unique bond of friendship, the courage and strength to succeed.

About the Author
Barbara Wood is the author of twenty-three acclaimed novels, including Green City in the Sun, The Dreaming, Virgins of Paradise, and The Blessing Stone. She lives in California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 339 pages
• Publisher: Authors Choice Press (June 19, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595433286
• ISBN-13: 978-0595433285
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,405,560 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 Friends, 3 Doctors, 3 Stories, 3 Stars, May 5, 2003

By	Jorge Frid (Mexico City) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Vital Signs (Mass Market Paperback)

At the beginning of the book, when Sondra, Ruth and Mickey met, and began to study medicine, tried to solve their problems, their family and became best friends is a very good story, after that, when each one finished and went each one to work to another part of the world, the only good story is Sondra's, the story of Mickey is good but not as Sondra's story, and the story of the selfish Ruth is the worst, another thing is that they are always best friends and they saw each other only once in more than fourteen years, is that possible?