| Heart in the Right Place Contributor(s): Jourdan, Carolyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1565126130 ISBN-13: 9781565126138 Publisher: Algonquin Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: Moving from her career as a successful Washington attorney back to her native Tennessee, Jourdan recognizes her father to be more heroic and devoted than any politician shed ever met. Told with tremendous heart, this is the story of how, sometimes, you can--and should--go home again. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Medical | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Cultural Region - Appalachians |
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| Publisher Description: 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 suits for scrubs and finds herself following hazmat regulations for cleaning up bodily fluids; maintaining composure when confronted with a splinter the size of a steak knife; and tending to the loquacious Miss Hiawatha, whose daily doctor visits are never billed. Most important, though, she comes to understand what her caring and patient father means to her close-knit community. With great humor and great tenderness, Heart in the Right Place shows that some of our biggest heroes are the ones living right beside us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jourdan, Carolyn: - Carolyn Jourdan, a former U.S. Senate Counsel to the Committee on environment and Public Works and the Committee on Governmental Affairs (now homeland Security and Governmental Affairs), is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker. She lives on the family farm in east Knox County, Tennessee |