{"product_id":"dottoressa-susan-levenstein-9781589881396","title":"Dottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wise and witty.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A charming story well told.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smart, funny, charming . . . full of astute insights into the way Italy works.\"--Alexander Stille\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wonderfully fun read.\"--Dr. Robert Sapolsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As funny as it is poignant. A must read for anyone who thinks they understand medicine, Italy, or humanity.\"--Barbie Latza Nadeau\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter completing her medical training in New York, Susan Levenstein set off for a one year adventure in Rome. Forty years later, she is still practicing medicine in the Eternal City. In \u003ci\u003eDottoressa: An American Doctor in Rome\u003c\/i\u003e Levenstein writes, with love and exasperation, about navigating her career through the renowned Italian tangle of brilliance and ineptitude, sexism and tolerance, rigidity and chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir--starting with her epic quest for an Italian medical license--and part portrait of Italy from a unique point of view, \u003ci\u003eDottoressa\u003c\/i\u003e is packed with vignettes that illuminate the national differences in character, lifestyle, health, and health care between her two countries. Levenstein, who has been called \"the wittiest internist on earth,\" covers everything from hookup culture to neighborhood madmen, Italian hands-off medical training, bidets, the ironies of expatriation, and why Italians always pay their doctor's bills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Levenstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589881397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589881396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Dry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2019","brand":"Susan Levenstein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985228628223,"sku":"9781589881396","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb946707-0673-4b14-8814-cea37a36015f.jpg?v=1683276322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dottoressa-susan-levenstein-9781589881396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}