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Patients of a Saint
Author(s): Rosemary Friedman (Author)
- Publisher: House of Stratus Ltd
- Publication Date: January 1, 2001
- Language: English
- Print length: 188 pages
- ISBN-10: 0755101146
- ISBN-13: 9780755101146
Book Description
The doctors practice, first introduced in No White Coat and again in Love on my List, is expanding. He finds himself buckling under the strain of an increased workload and the demands of his exuberant twins. His wife, Sylvia, persuades him to take a much-needed break and he realises that it is time to find an assistant. Into this busy environment arrives the doctors alluring cousin Caroline. On a study visit from the US, she invites herself to stay for six months a situation which causes much chaos and hilarity.
Editorial Reviews
Review
[Rosemary Friedman] writes well about human beings, whether they be pathetic, tragic or funny — Books and Bookmen
About the Author
Rosemary Friedmans writing career was launched with great success by her first novel No White Coat, published in Best Doctor Stories alongside Somerset Maugham and A J Cronin. She has gone on to write eighteen further novels, including Proofs of Affection (a classic of its kind, Evening Standard), which was serialised by the BBC. Other serialisations include Vintage (1994 Channel 4) and An Eligible Man (1991 LWT). She has also written two popular childrens books, Aristide and Aristide in Paris, as well as The Writing Game, an inspirational mémoire for writers and readers.
She has written commissioned screenplays for both film and television in the UK and US, and her play Home Truths toured successfully in 1997. In addition, Rosemary has been a judge of literary competitions and a member of a number of distinguished bodies such as the Executive Committee of PEN, BAFTA, the Writers Guild, the Executive Committee of the Society of Authors, and the Royal Society of Literature. She lives in London.
