Joseph Levy Escapes Death

by Rick J Strassman

Joseph Levy leads a quiet life in rural Wheaton Arizona. Retired from a long career in psychiatric research and practice, he reads, writes, and walks in the mountains and hills near the Native reservation. His quiet life ends, however, when a dental crown replacement causes trouble just before meeting an internet date in California. Thus begins a year of back-to-back nightmare infections, a drug overdose, and two failed relationships. At every step, Levy is confronted by matters of life and death, love and hate, faith and doubt, trust and betrayal. Most of all, he faces what it means to be sick and to be healthy. He prays to his God, relies on his friends, examines his dreams, and entrusts his psyche to a new therapist. Joseph Levy Escapes Death is a tale of perseverance in the face of adversity. Strassman uses several lenses to view Levy's medical, psychoanalytic, and religious--both Buddhist and Jewish. Pathos and humor fill the tale, while enlightening detours examine the Holocaust, cardiovascular physiology and microbiology, and Jewish-Christian relations.

228 pages, Paperback

Published March 7, 2019

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I so admire the work Dr. Strassman has done and have read The Spirit Molecule. But I really did not enjoy this book. It was well written, but ultimately depressing. It’s a quick read and I’m glad it’s over.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toothaches for God's praise
Save, be saved, be serious
Always serious