Another nice pre-publication review
for Dottoressa: An American Doctor in
Rome, this time from Madeleine
Johnson, a writer and neuroscientist who knows Italy super-well, having spent three decades here. Here's some of what she says in The American In
Italia:
"Levenstein’s anecdotal memoir — set for release in May —
steers clear of the colonialist trope in which life among “friendly
Italian natives” brings emotional and sensual liberation to the hidebound
foreigner. Levenstein pulls back from that stereotypical brink by infusing
her odyssey with warmth, depth and intellectual curiosity . . . as
non-judgmental as it is intellectually acute. She also extracts deeper
lessons and delivers insights into how societies and individuals heal and
live. These come with laugh-aloud examples that deftly trace 50 years of
changes . . .
"These days, hundreds of policy papers
and newspaper editorials regularly debate competing claims of
medical efficiency, patient care, cost-containment, and expanding
reach. But none do so with Levenstein’s humor and sensitivity to the
human condition. And they certainly don’t make it fun — never mind being
able to set the story in the Eternal City."
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