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9781612435886 English 1612435882 "A POWERFUL WORK OF FICTION THAT AUTHENTICALLY EVOKES THE BAD AND THE GOOD." --Eric Goosby, MD, US Global AIDS Coordinator, 2009-13 "A MOVING STORY OF DOCTORS NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF SUFFERING, AMBITION AND DISCOVERY." --Krista Bremer, My Accidental Jihad This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area HIV/AIDS physician, follows three people from vastly different backgrounds, who are thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay medical resident from working class Boston, has moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his sexual identity. Herb, a middle-aged supervising physician at one of the nation's toughest hospitals, struggles with his own emotional rigidity. And Gwen, a divorced mother raising a teen daughter, is seeking a sense of self and security while endeavoring to complete her medical training. Mark A. Jacobson, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and attending physician at San Francisco General Hospital, began his internship in 1981, just days after the CDC first reported a mysterious, fatal disease affecting gay men., A stunning story of three doctors'struggles in San Francisco during the first decade of the AIDS epidemic March, 1979, a young street hustler in San Francisco stumbles into an emergency room with lungs so congested he can barely breathe. Seen by a perplexed medical resident, the patient becomes the first of many thousands to die from a yet-to-be named plague. Sensing Light from Dark is a raw, compelling novel that follows the personal and professional lives of the men and women on the front lines of the emerging AIDS epidemic. This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area HIV/AIDS physician, follows the lives of three people from vastly different backgrounds, who are thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay medical resident from working class Boston, has just moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his own sexual identity. Herb, the supervising physician, struggles with his emotional rigidity in the exhausting world of one of the nation's toughest hospitals. And Gwen, a divorced mother with a teen daughter, looks for a sense of self and security while completing her medical training., In 1978, a young street hustler in San Francisco stumbles into the General Hospital emergency room with lungs so congested he can barely breathe. Seen by an overworked and perplexed young intern, the patient becomes the first of many to die from a yet-to-be named plague. "Sensing Light from Dark" is a raw, compelling novel that follows the personal and professional struggles of the men and women on the front lines of the emerging AIDS epidemic. This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area AIDS physician, follows the lives of three people from vastly different walks of life, who find themselves thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay intern from working class Boston, has just moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his own sexual identity. Herb, the supervising physician struggles with his Chinese background in the exhausting world of one of the nation's toughest hospitals. And Gwen, a divorced mother with a teen daughter looks for a sense of self while completing her medical degree. This fast-paced story sheds light on the complex process of uncovering the causes of an unknown epidemic, while at the same time revealing the tight bonds that are established by doctors working to solve the 20th century's most tragic medical mystery.
9781612435886 English 1612435882 "A POWERFUL WORK OF FICTION THAT AUTHENTICALLY EVOKES THE BAD AND THE GOOD." --Eric Goosby, MD, US Global AIDS Coordinator, 2009-13 "A MOVING STORY OF DOCTORS NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF SUFFERING, AMBITION AND DISCOVERY." --Krista Bremer, My Accidental Jihad This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area HIV/AIDS physician, follows three people from vastly different backgrounds, who are thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay medical resident from working class Boston, has moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his sexual identity. Herb, a middle-aged supervising physician at one of the nation's toughest hospitals, struggles with his own emotional rigidity. And Gwen, a divorced mother raising a teen daughter, is seeking a sense of self and security while endeavoring to complete her medical training. Mark A. Jacobson, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and attending physician at San Francisco General Hospital, began his internship in 1981, just days after the CDC first reported a mysterious, fatal disease affecting gay men., A stunning story of three doctors'struggles in San Francisco during the first decade of the AIDS epidemic March, 1979, a young street hustler in San Francisco stumbles into an emergency room with lungs so congested he can barely breathe. Seen by a perplexed medical resident, the patient becomes the first of many thousands to die from a yet-to-be named plague. Sensing Light from Dark is a raw, compelling novel that follows the personal and professional lives of the men and women on the front lines of the emerging AIDS epidemic. This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area HIV/AIDS physician, follows the lives of three people from vastly different backgrounds, who are thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay medical resident from working class Boston, has just moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his own sexual identity. Herb, the supervising physician, struggles with his emotional rigidity in the exhausting world of one of the nation's toughest hospitals. And Gwen, a divorced mother with a teen daughter, looks for a sense of self and security while completing her medical training., In 1978, a young street hustler in San Francisco stumbles into the General Hospital emergency room with lungs so congested he can barely breathe. Seen by an overworked and perplexed young intern, the patient becomes the first of many to die from a yet-to-be named plague. "Sensing Light from Dark" is a raw, compelling novel that follows the personal and professional struggles of the men and women on the front lines of the emerging AIDS epidemic. This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area AIDS physician, follows the lives of three people from vastly different walks of life, who find themselves thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay intern from working class Boston, has just moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his own sexual identity. Herb, the supervising physician struggles with his Chinese background in the exhausting world of one of the nation's toughest hospitals. And Gwen, a divorced mother with a teen daughter looks for a sense of self while completing her medical degree. This fast-paced story sheds light on the complex process of uncovering the causes of an unknown epidemic, while at the same time revealing the tight bonds that are established by doctors working to solve the 20th century's most tragic medical mystery.