Questions About The Physician (Cole Family Trilogy, #1)

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is it for young adults?

AmyG I read this as a teenager and loved it. Now mid 40s and a doctor.

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IvanOpinion If I remember right the book says that his foreskin was injured during birth, so the doctor had to remove it.

If he does it to himself in the film, I …moreIf I remember right the book says that his foreskin was injured during birth, so the doctor had to remove it.

If he does it to himself in the film, I think that makes more sense. For it to have happened by accident is just too convenient for subsequent plot developments!(less)

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