The Corners in Time

by Anne Phillips

Compy (Competence) Ames overcomes an isolated childhood, parental and professional prejudice, and her own unruly temper to become a lady surgeon in the 1940s. She loses the man she loves to her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420805231
• ISBN13: 9781420805239
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Life Lessons and Good Entertainment

This is a story about Competence ("Compy") Ames, a young woman who grew up in Brahamin Boston in the 1920's and 1930s and of her struggle with her parent's divorce, her overbearing mother and her effort to get to college and subsequently - in the early 1940's - to become a doctor in the face of the male-dominated medical profession. Against the back ground of WWII and the shortage of doctors due to the war, the book chronicles the life of a young woman determined to break into the male bastion of surgery and of her romances, including her operating room romance with the Chief of Surgery. The book, which is drawn in part from the author's real life experiences as a woman doctor, is rich in detail and vivdly conveys Compy's difficult childhood and professional and romantic struggles. The book, which is an easy and comfortable read, as well as being good entertainment, is amply sprinkled with life lessons drawn from the author's long and notable life. When you come to the end of the book, you will be eager for more. The author is currently working on a sequel that is due to be published in 2006 or early 2007.