The Girl Who Watched Over Dreams
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Rating | : | 4.76 (811 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0989542157 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-01-11 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sweet dreams or nightmares - depends who's watching Quality of life? Medical intervention with best intentions opens door for abuse. Action, adventure and romance for the heroine as she gains confidence and comes to terms with medical ethics.. Medical thrillers scare me, this one sure did! This will have you on the edge of your seat, biting your nails! I get very very scared when it comes to medical thrillers. There is just something insanely wrong about them: it is because they scare me!!!!!! This one is no different. In fact, the premise of E.D.E.N. is that it is a nursing home where the patients are asleep all of the time, supposedly dreaming their lives away, or do they?????? Not even the doctors . Jeff Russell's medical thriller is a flowing and compelling read. Life for Kat (Doctor Katrina Hammond) is not turning out the way she envisioned. Despite her misgivings, she agrees that her mother going into E.D.E.N.’s perpetual sleep program is the best choice for her mother, who is suffering from chronic rheumatoid arthritis.Engulfed with sorrow over her loss of her mother, plagued by doubts about the program, and uncertain about the science and the quality of life her mo
My childhood heroes were Jules Verne and Victor Appleton II, architects of fantastic adventures. . Today I follow that example with my characters. My current novels include Cab’s Lantern, Afterlight, The Dream Shelf and The Girl Who Watched Over Dreams. Invariably they find adventure, romance and self-fulfillment, as should we all. They are the 'you and me' of the world, ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances, beaten down perhaps and yet determined to succeed. Hemingway stepped in when I discovered that the trials and triumphs of real people - those with limited physical and financial resources - are even more intriguing than science fiction. When not absorbed in the pages of some new author or hammering away at my latest manuscript I can be found living
. Invariably they find adventure, romance and self-fulfillment, as should we all. I am a tale-spinner. My childhood heroes were Jules Verne and Victor Appleton II, architects of fantastic adventures. Today I follow that example with my characters. Hemingway stepped in when I discovered that the trials and triumphs of real people - those with limited physical and financial resources - are even more intriguing than science fiction. They are
When Eden offers Kat the position of in-house neurologist, letting her pursue her vocation while watching over her mother’s dreams, she reluctantly agrees. They are freed from the torments of their physical existence but at a terrible price, for where her mother goes Kat cannot follow. What if a person could live in their dreams? What if the power of imagination could erase the inequities of life? The staff at Eden Perpetual Life Care makes that possible and Katrina Hammond turns to them when nothing else can ease the pain of her mother’s progressive illness. And when investigative reporter Morga