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Globe Pequot
April 2011
On Sale: April 1, 2011
Featuring: Lisa Masterson
277 pages
ISBN: 1599219980
EAN: 9781599219981
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In Paper Dollhouse, Dr. Lisa Masterson traces a
journey that begins with in an unconventional childhood
shaped by her larger-than-life mother, who broke away from
an abusive husband in Louisiana to find new opportunities
for the two of them in West. With charm, determination,
and a budget that often involves moving every few months to
skip out on the rent, plus a lot of other creative
financing, the two of them lead a hidden existence that
allows Lisa to attend exclusive private schools and feed a
brilliant mind. Their life together is as
heartbreakingly flimsy as the dollhouse she makes for a
school project, using the only materials she has: notebook
paper and tape. But the love and grit and resilience of
those early days ground Lisa for harrowing years
of medical training in an Ob/Gyn ward known as The Pit,
and give her the fierce determination, after she loses her
mother to cancer, to found clinics for pregnant women and
babies in Africa and India. This unexpected story from the
accomplished doctor and cohost of the Emmy Award–winning
medical talk show The Doctors will captivate,
surprise, and inspire readers and her many daytime TV fans.
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