Novel Nerd Blog - Book Reviews by Smitha

 

 

 

 

As I read this book, I understand Dr Bob Cutillo, the author, has differentiated health as a possession and a gift desiring to understand and analyze the practice and profession of medicine in the light of the bible narrative. If health is a possession then like any other substantive reality health is something to have and hold such as money, cars or houses.  If health is received as a gift as increasingly we see it then we receive it as a precious endowment.  As the author puts forward 4 elements and looked to make sense of our basic human nature, our susceptibility to sickness, and our capacity for healing, and it is here that he turns to the Bible, to the book of origins - Genesis-to try to understand our struggles for good health and good health care in our current society. As repeatedly in the first chapter of Genesis we find the original plan where god creates "In the beginning God created...." and it is surely good from the sky to the earth, the moon to the stars, the ...

 

Molly worked as a maid at the Regency Grand hotel, cleaning up after the wealthy guests and cleaning up their messes. Mr. Snow, Molly's boss, regarded her as the ideal worker bee, toiling and toiling to prepare each honeycomb for the arrival of honey. A maid's job is physically demanding. It's exhausting and mind-numbingly repetitive, but she takes pride in her work and does it well every time. Despite the fact that her work is mostly invisible, they cannot function without her! Mr. Snow reminded his colleagues that without the worker bee, there would be no hive. In the first few chapters, Mr. Charles Black and his second wife, Giselle Black, are frequent visitors to the Regency Grand. Mr. Black stays - or rather, stayed at the Regency Grand for at least a week every month while he oversaw his red estate affairs in the city. Mr. Black was a tycoon, a magnate, and an impresario. He and Giselle were frequently featured in the gossip columns. He could be described as a middle-...