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Book Review of City Hospital

City Hospital
City Hospital
Author: Barbara Harrison
Book Type: Paperback
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Synopsis from book:

THE CITY- Modern, indifferent, alive with the many passions of different kinds of people, the vast arena where games of life or death are played by men and women driven by personal demons--games of success, power, fame, acceptance....and always love.

THE HOSPITAL- The hub, the living center, the one place where the dreams of the morning become the nightmares of the evening, the one place where people like Tessa Cabot and Nick Gorlin can be thrown together in moments of powerful emotion... and the only place where our most cherished hopes and most shattering fears achieve their fullest expression!

-Dr. Nick Gorlin- The handsome Chief Resident of City Hospital, he made medicine his life- but now faced a new kind of challenge, one that was totlaly unexpected...

-Tessa Cabot- Twenty-seven, beautiful, born to wealth, she was wheeled into the emergency ward in a state of shock the beginning of a desperate chapter of life, death...and love...

-Dr. David Cord- Charming, dedicated, he was the man most likely to succeed Dr. Gorlin- but Dr. Cord had a problem, an her name was Emily...

-Emily Cord- She sacrificed her own law career for the sake of her husband's profession- and ended up in a frightening emotional state, hungry for a way out...

-Roger Karl- The TV actor adored by millions of women across the country- a deeply troubled man living with an inner volcanic burden only Tessa Cabot could relieve...