A Life Well Worn: A Collection of Personal Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692699813 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Outstanding collection of stories told by an outstanding man True excellence both as a doctor and as a writer. Authenticity shines through each story as it did through the man. I marvel that he could become such a good writer so late in his life! If you want to know what life was like in Northern New Mexico in the 1970s you'll get the essence of it here. And you'll wish Larry Schreiber had been your doctor.. "Five Stars" according to bstolz. I just loved reading these touching stories.. "You won't regret reading this beautiful life story." according to sjYou won't regret reading this beautiful life story. What a remarkable memoir about Dr. Schreiber's truly remarkable life. Written beautifully, this book is entertaining, captivating and heartwarming from beginning to end. Highly recommended!. 1. What a remarkable memoir about Dr. Schreiber's truly remarkable life. Written beautifully, this book is entertaining, captivating and heartwarming from beginning to end. Highly recommended!
. Larry Schreiber, M.D., lived in northern New Mexico and practiced medicine there for 43 years. Schreiber was a medical team leader for the international committee of the Red Cross on the Thai-Cambodian border. Schreiber spent the last three years of his life writing A Life Well Worn, a collection of autobiographical stories about children growing up (and down), his experiences in the Indian Health Services, memories of working in a war zone, and thoughts of cari
— JOHN NICHOLS, Taos Resident and Author of The Milagro Beanfield War and The Sterile Cuckoo. I am moved to say that A Life Well Worn is among the most humane and decent books I have read in a long time. I think this book is beautiful. The life it covers is truly ‘well worn’ and also one lived to the hilt. Sometimes the essays deal with tragedy—yet they are also filled with joy, humor, and the awe of being alive. Larry Schreiber’s life story is a love poem to Northern New Mexico and to all its inhabitants, as well as to Larry’s own children—so many of them adopted—and to his wife and friends and colleagues. They are enriched by Larry’s commitment to healing, to unselfishness, to embracing without fear the complexity of existence, and always
He was the co-founder of Child-Rite which operated for 20 years and placed 240 special needs children in New Mexico homes at no cost to the families. . In 1980, Dr. Dr. He passed away in January of 2016, shortly after completing this book. He was married to poet, Catherine Strisik. Schreiber was a medical team leader for the international committee of the Red Cross on the Thai-Cambodian border. For 20 years he served as medical director of Mountain Home Hospice of Taos. About the Author Larry Schreiber, M.D., lived in northern New Mexico and practiced medicine there for 43 years. Schreiber spent the last three years of his life writing A Life Well Worn, a collection of autobiographical s