It's Only Temporary

by Cathy Gillen Thacker

WHAT A GREAT BEDSIDE MANNER

Dr. Hilary Morgan had accomplished her dream early in life -- to practice at a Boston hospital. But when the worst imaginable happened -- she was accused of malpractice -- the only place she could work until her case came to trial was Appalachia.

The transition was difficult for someone who liked cable TV, the Boston Pops, microwave ovens. Fortunately, country physician, and her partner at the outmoded mountain clinic, Dr. Rick Burnett, eased her way, even when residents seemed outright rebellious to her innovative ideas.

Rick's encouraging words and his terrific bedside manner soon had Hilary's ego on the mend. But the day was fast approaching when she had to make a choice, and no medicine would provide the cure.

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Dear Readers,

The love stories in my family have always been fodder for romance novels.

My maternal grandmother and grandfather simultaneously ran a business together and raised four daughters, long before it was an accepted thing to do.  Grandpa O’Dell ran the gas station and the barber shop; Grandma O’Dell managed the grocery and cooked for customers.  They were true partners and madly in love and parted, tragically, way too soon when he succumbed to cancer when he was in his early fifties.  Grandma grieved deeply but eventually picked herself up, started a new career as a cafeteria chef, and eventually found deep romantic love and happiness again, in the form of a second marriage.

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