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Heart in the Right Place
Heart in the Right Place
Author: Carolyn Jourdan
Carolyn Jourdan, an attorney on Capitol Hill, thought she had it made. But when her mother has a heart attack, she returns home—to the Tennessee mountains, where her father is a country doctor and her mother works as his receptionist. Jourdan offers to fill in for her mother until she gets better. But days turn into weeks as she trades her...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781565126138
ISBN-10: 1565126130
Publication Date: 8/19/2008
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 35 ratings
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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lildrafire avatar reviewed Heart in the Right Place on + 117 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Carolyn Jourdan's amusing but poignant spiritual journey into what is really most important in life does not disappoint. Jourdan comes back home to rural Tennessee from her prestigious job in Washington, DC to help her father, a doctor, while her mother, his receptionist, recuperates from an illness. Her descriptions of the parade of eccentric but lovable characters through her father's small country medical practice leave the reader completely absorbed into the story and wanting more. By the end of the story a realization sets in--success is not measured by fame, money, or location of residence--but by the small, although significant, differences for the better we make in other's lives.

Disclosure: This book was given to the reader by the publisher/author in exchange for an objective review.
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Helpful Score: 1
Carolyn Jourdan's memoir of her father's medical practice is a heartwarming story of a dying breed of doctors. There are fewer and fewer true "family" practice offices out there that tend to the everyday ailments of the rural popualtion in the US. The quirky folks you will meet in this book will make you chuckle and wish you could be a fly on the wall of this office!
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A memoir of community as much as a person, this book made me both laugh out loud and cry. It raises important questions about how medical care is paid for in this country.
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Funny, sentimental, loving tale of a country doctor. I'll read it again just for the gut-wrenching laughter and tears. I loved knowing that his daughter/author was a part of this experience.


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