She achieves success in her work but at the cost of her personal life. Laura Castellano?s character is truly an inspiration to women folk everywhere. Its very touching that no matter how badly messed up in life they both get, the other friend is always there to brighten the day. The stuff they do for each other remind you of your own friendships in life. It takes many years filled with scientific celebrity and disappointing affairs for them to finally to realize that they have something more than friendship for each other. The central characters of the book are Laura Castellano and Barney Livingston best friends who attend Harvard Medical School together. The book leads us through the various incidences that the med school graduates encounter (demanding hours of internship, facing and overcoming your worst fears, hours of research and residency) which transforms them into the doctors they eventually become. What we understand is that doctors are as flawed as normal people but due to the nature of their work they are elevated to a demi-God status. We experience the trials and tribulations that doctors go through, to be what they are. The author, a graduate of Harvard himself has crafted a powerful and moving account of the 1962 batch of Harvard medical school. Erich Segal’s enlightening work of fiction is both a love story and an eye-opening study of the training and practice of American health professionals. … ( more)ĭoctors (1988) is one of ’’the’’ best that I have read in a long time. Doctors-heartbreaking, witty, inspiring, and utterly, grippingly real-is a vibrant portrait that culminates in a murder, a trial.
Yet even their devotion to each other, even their medical gifts may not be enough to save the one life they treasure above all others. At the novel's heart is the unforgettable relationship of Barney Livingston and Laura Castellano, childhood friends who separately find unsettling celebrity and unsatisfying love-until their friendship ripens into passion. From the crucible of med school's merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs-and sometimes tragedies-beyond, Doctors brings to vivid life the men and women who seek to heal but who must first walk through fire. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors-what makes them tick, scheme, hurt. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962.
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