Patricia Gussin
Auteur de Shadow of Death
A propos de l'auteur
Patricia Gussin is a board certified Family Medicine physician who has spent the major part of her career as vice president of research in a large healthcare company. She is a graduate of Aquinas College, Columbia Business School, and Wayne State University School of Medicine. She has an honorary afficher plus degree from Duquesne University, is the former chairman of the board of The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, a past president of the Drug Information Association, and has served on numerous university advisory boards. She grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, studied medicine in Detroit, and practiced medicine in Philadelphia. Gussin's first novel, Shadow of Death, introduced the character of Laura Nelson, a medical student in Detroit, during the riots of 1967. Her other books include: Twisted Justice, The Test, And Then There was One, and Weapon of Choice. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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- Nom légal
- Patricia Gussin
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Amagansett, New York, USA
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Longboat Key, Florida, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA
New Zealand - Études
- Aquinas College
Columbia Business School
Wayne State University School of Medicine - Professions
- Physician
Author - Courte biographie
- Patricia Gussin’s novels, SHADOW OF DEATH, TWISTED JUSTICE, THE TEST, and AND THEN THERE WAS ONE, are psychological thrillers. Each one reflects her background in medicine and family dynamics and each one delivers a guaranteed twist. Co-written with her husband, Robert Gussin, WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? is the true story of the couple’s transition from careers in medicine and medical research to a new life in books and wine. Not a memoir or a how-to, WHAT’S NEXT FOR YOU? is witty, instructive, and inspirational. Patricia’s first novel, SHADOW OF DEATH, is the story of Laura Nelson, a medical student in Detroit in 1967 during the riots. This extraordinary social upheaval impacted Laura in a very personal, traumatic way. SHADOW OF DEATH was nominated Best First Novel by International Thriller Writers. It has also been used in a sociology course in one university and in a contemporary urban history course in another.
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Laura is a medical student, who, despite the fact that her husband would rather that she stay home and raise their children, works hard each day in the classroom as well as in the hospital when she is seeing patients. After she is raped and forced to defend herself with deadly force, she fights to keep the events of that evening a secret, even as she learns how close her family is to that of her assailant.
Although well written, as a Muslim, I felt the story relied heavily on stereotypical images of Muslims and Arabs. The author often confused Egyptian tradition with Islamic tradition and vice versa. The Masud family reportedly had issues with Ahmed and Nicole calling their son Alexander, but Ahmed's youngest brother was named Seth and he had a nephew named Tadeo, neither of which are traditional Arabic names.
Natalie Nelson, Nicole's twin sister, walks away from her high-powered pharmaceutical industry job during a major drug crisis, her retired mother steps into the breach, and now all is fine since the drug at issue is back on the market. That seems unlikely.
To say that I had issues with this story is a major understatement.… (plus d'informations)
Natalie Nelson, Nicole's twin sister, walks away from her high-powered pharmaceutical industry job during a major drug crisis, her retired mother steps into the breach, and now all is fine since the drug at issue is back on the market. That seems unlikely.
To say that I had issues with this story is a major understatement.… (plus d'informations)
Scott and Katie Monroe have a lot going for them. Both have successful careers, they have a fine home in Florida and Sammie, Alex and Jackie who are 9 year old identical triplets with their own special personalities. One day the girls go to a movie with their older cousin where Sammie and Alex go to one movie and the cousin and Jackie another. When they don't show up after the movie has ended the realization that they have been kidnapped sets in. Scott and Katie’s world is crushed.
The couple cling to each other and to Jackie while waiting for some news of their daughters. The police are doing everything that they can but they have no real clues. The security at the mall is still questioning mall visitors hoping to find a lead.
The suspense builds as the author introduces different characters that might have had something to do with the kidnapping but when the true kidnapper is revealed it turns out to be a very surprising twist.… (plus d'informations)
The couple cling to each other and to Jackie while waiting for some news of their daughters. The police are doing everything that they can but they have no real clues. The security at the mall is still questioning mall visitors hoping to find a lead.
The suspense builds as the author introduces different characters that might have had something to do with the kidnapping but when the true kidnapper is revealed it turns out to be a very surprising twist.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 9
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 291
- Popularité
- #80,411
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 23
Ahmed Masud and his wife, Nicole Nelson are successful plastic surgeons. They have a five year old son, Alex (Wati) who they love and Nicole has a big family they spend time with in the States. Ahmed has a big family in Egypt they see when they can. The question I pose for this review is simple how far do we go for the ones we love? The story is fast paced and gets you hooked from page one. It begins in my opinion after Ahmed gets off a call with his family in Egypt, from then on everything changes He is focused on trying to teach his culture to his son to a point where it actually feels forced, while cultural pressures are an important aspect of this book I felt like the scene where Ahmed hits Nicole there for spiraling the whole story out of control was very tastefully written so thank you for that. The story centers around Alex being taken to Egypt without Nicole’s consent then , the reader seeing how much a mother is willing to do to get her son back. Mean while not long after their arrival Ahmed has realized he has made a terrible mistake but not before Alex is taken from Ahmed in order to make him pliable to do the families dirty work. The second half of the book deals with the strong will of family ties and how far they are willing to go to bring a mother and son together. The only reason this book is not getting a full five star review from me is because I feel as though the author could have done a better job giving us an understanding of Egyptian history and traditions, and tensions that occur. Come Home is written for anyone who loves a book that brings it all together in the end.… (plus d'informations)