false 641229 female Brooklyn, NY 11/2007 09/2009 13 11 11 true 5742327 read 0 true 1280630 currently-reading 0 true 1280629 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36410332 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E4R104SmL._SL75_.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:12:56 -0700
Each story introduces one of van Schuler's descendants, either in a starring role or as a supporting player. Most walk the edge of the medicine of their day, and Menger-Anderson's research into their marginal arts--lobotomy, reading the bumps of the skull, electrotherapy, even modern-day plastic surgery--adds a sparkle to these beautifully-told tales of loners, oddballs, medical obsessives and other fascinating characters.

I loved this book. Really loved it.]]> Doctor Olaf van Schuler's Brain (Hardcover) by Kirsten Menger-Anderson]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36410332 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E4R104SmL._SL75_.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:48:29 -0700 Dirty Water: A Red Sox Mystery (Hardcover) by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35964669 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qxrPSz8JL._SL75_.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:23:28 -0700 more...]]> Apologies Forthcoming (Paperback) by Xujun Eberlein]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32150937 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1210963437s/2688915.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:20:05 -0700 more...]]> Going Down South: A Novel (Paperback) by Bonnie Glover]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32150532 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y1lMmkIoL._SL75_.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:09:54 -0700
The settings feel true, and the segregated era feel spot...more...]]> The Understory (Paperback) by Pamela Erens]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31996180 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193915349s/2040612.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:59:23 -0700 Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales (Paperback) by Fran Friel]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31995752 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BuDqXqHYL._SL75_.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:18:30 -0700 more...]]> The Smart One (Paperback) by Ellen Meister]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31787405 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1209987410s/2251550.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:07:06 -0700 more...]]> Water for Elephants (Paperback) by Sara Gruen]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31787197 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170161179s/43641.jpg 641229 Susan http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1220676514p2/641229.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/641229-susan Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:02:06 -0700 more...]]>