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Author Appel, Jacob M., 1973- author.

Title Phoning home : essays / Jacob M. Appel.

Publication Info. Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014.

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Summary "Phoning Home is a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking essays featuring the author's quirky family, his Jewish heritage, and his New York City upbringing. Jacob M. Appel's recollections and insights, informed and filtered by his advanced degrees in medicine, law, and ethics, not only inspire nostalgic feelings but also offer insight into contemporary medical and ethical issues. At times sardonic and at others self-deprecating, Appel lays bare the most private aspects of his emotional life. "We'd just visited my grandaunt in Miami Beach, the last time we would ever see her. I had my two travel companions, Fat and Thin, securely buckled into the backseat of my mother's foul-tempered Dodge Dart," writes Appel of his family vacation with his two favorite rubber cat toys. Shortly thereafter Fat and Thin were lost forever--beginning, when Appel was just six years old, what he calls his "private apocalypse." Both erudite and full-hearted, Appel recounts storylines ranging from a bout of unrequited love gone awry to the poignant romance of his grandparents. We learn of the crank phone calls he made to his own family, the conspicuous absence of Jell-O at his grandaunt's house, and family secrets long believed buried. The stories capture the author's distinctive voice--a blend of a physician's compassion and an ethicist's constant questioning."-- Provided by publisher.
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Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Phoning Home -- Two Cats, Fat and Thin -- Mr. Odd and Mr. Even -- The Man Who Was Not My Grandfather -- Caesura-Antwerp, 1938 -- Sudden Death-A Eulogy -- An Absence of Jell-O -- She Loves Me Not -- Opting Out -- Charming and Devoted -- Livery -- Our Incredible Shrinking Discourse -- Divided Expectations.
Subject Appel, Jacob M., 1973-
Appel, Jacob M., 1973- -- Family.
Appel, Jacob M., 1973- (OCoLC)fst01990036
Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
Lawyers -- United States -- Biography.
Bioethicists -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Bioethicists. (OCoLC)fst01909298
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00994346
Physicians. (OCoLC)fst01062841
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Indexed Term BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biography.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Appel, Jacob M., 1973- Phoning home. Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014 9781611173710 (DLC) 2013042682 (OCoLC)861774786
ISBN 9781611173727 (electronic bk.)
1611173728 (electronic bk.)
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