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A Daughter's Journey to Fulfill a Father's Legacy
Kaplan Publishing
December 2010
On Sale: December 14, 2010
288 pages
ISBN: 1607147246
EAN: 9781607147244
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
The inspiring sequel to the acclaimed memoir The
Ditchdigger’s Daughters. Dr. Yvonne Thornton’s memoir The
Ditchdigger’s Daughters has captured the hearts of readers
everywhere since it was first published in 1995. Translated
into 19 languages, featured on Oprah, and made into a TV
movie, this heart-warming and inspiring story chronicles
Yvonne Thornton’s family; at its center is her beloved,
unschooled but wise father Donald Thornton, who demanded
that all five of his daughters not only excel in school, but
go on to become doctors. Four of them did; the other found
her calling in law and became a lawyer instead. Something to
Prove picks up where The Ditchdigger’s Daughters left off.
In this sequel, Dr. Thornton reveals how she ascended to the
top of her field as a physician by drawing on her father’s
teachings. Despite bias and setbacks, she became the first
African-American woman to be board certified in the
obstetrical sub-specialty of maternal-fetal medicine.
Dismissed and shunned by her peers for entering the white,
male-dominated world of academic medicine, Dr. Thornton
relied on her father’s life lessons, which taught her to be
strong and rise above adversity. Though intelligence,
determination, and hard work, Dr. Yvonne Thornton overcame
the odds to reach the pinnacle of her profession.
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