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Defying expectations of a woman growing up in Arizona in the 1960s, Patricia Grayhall fled Phoenix at nineteen for the vibrant streets of San Francisco, determined to finally come out as a lesbian after years of trying to be a "normal" girl. Her dream of becoming a physician drew her back to college, and then on to medical school in conservative Salt Lake City.
Though Patricia enjoyed a supportive friendship with a male colleague, she longed for an equal, loving relationship with a woman. But her graduate medical training in Boston, with its emotional demands, long hours, lack of sleep, and social isolation, compounded by the free-wheeling sexual revolution of the 1970s, made finding that special relationship difficult. Often disappointed but never defeated, Patricia--armed with wit and determination--battled on against sexism in her male-dominated profession and against discrimination in a still largely homophobic nation, plunging herself into a life that was never boring and certainly never without passion.
A chronicle of coming of age during second-wave feminism and striving to have both love and career as a gay medical doctor, Making the Rounds is a well-paced and deeply humanizing memoir of what it means to seek belonging and love—and to find them, in the most surprising ways.
- Medium
- Ebook
- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, LGBTQ+
- Angeboten von
- pgrayhall (Autor)
- Veröffentlicht von
- She Writes Press
- Lieferung
- November 2022 Startet: 2022-11-01Abgeschlossen: 2022-11-28
- Im Verkauf
- 2023-01-17
- Länder
- USA and Canada
- Links
- Informationen zum Buch
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For women, there is power in knowing our history. For younger women, the strength of the elders can inspire them as to what is possible. For older women, I hope my book validates some of their experiences. Regardless of sexual orientation, most of us want to love and be loved. Most of us want friendship and to belong. And most of us want meaningful work. As Brene Brown once said, "Someday you will tell the story of how you overcame what you sent through and it will be someone else's survival guide." I hope my book may inspire others to live authentic lives and pursue their dreams.
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