Courage in a White Coat: A Biographical Novel

Description

This sweeping novel recreates seventeen years in the life of a valiant woman doctor in 1928 who, armed only with the white coat of her profession, found the courage to live her life on the razor’s edge and survived it. Prison camp, starvation, and execution all threaten her little family.

This WWII biographical novel recounts the experience of Dorothy Chambers M.D. and her family. Brimming with factual accounts, the book is “A lovely story of an extraordinary woman . . . overwhelming in its grimness were it not described so vividly and poetically.” —D. Schmidt, PhD. It’s a captivating story of service and sacrifice, of love and the searing emotions that gripped this young doctor throughout her imperiled course.

From surgeries by kerosene lamp in the jungles of remote India in 1928 to surviving starvation in a Japanese prison camp, Dorothy’s remarkable spirit will draw you into this book to discover a character who will move you in ways you never expected. Dorothy will make you laugh, weep, fear for her survival—and be grateful to know her.