Rural Odyssey: Growing up in the Country. Memories of Family, Faith, and Secrets

Authors: Carroll, Dr. R Leonard
Publisher: Elm Hill
BISAC/Subject: BIO026000, BIO017000, BIO022000
ISBN: 9781595557070, Related ISBNs: 1595556109, 1595556680, 1595557075, 9781595556103, 9781595556684
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 228,
Audience: College/higher education
Synopsis: Rural Odyssey is a story of a young man in rural America. It weaves together growing up in a strict Pentecostal based life with stories, experiences, faith, and secrets in family relationships. Medical school at 19, surgical training, marriages, drugs, and children make for a readable, understandable, hilarious, and intensely fascinating adventure.
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