At age 51, Dr. Doretha Vaughn decides to advertise for a husband
through Love on AOL. "Be careful," her daughter warns. "Don't
worry," Doretha responds, "I'm a pretty good judge of people." Soon
she finds the love of her life. For eight years, Sam Cawley, a warm
and kind man, treats her like a queen - filling her days and nights
with laughter and affection while providing a caring refuge from
the daily suffering and death she battles as an emergency
physician. But on May 14, 2007, at Boston's Logan Airport, a phone
call from the Broward County Sheriff in Florida pulls the plug on
Doretha's life of happiness and security. She learns that Sam
Cawley is really William Wallace, an escaped felon who has been on
the lam for seventeen years and is now wanted in Florida on charges
of identity theft and credit card fraud. "You may not want me in
your life after this," Sam/William tells her. "I certainly wouldn't
blame you." What should an intelligent, accomplished,
self-respecting woman do? The Fugitive's Doctor, a novel by
Deirdre-Elizabeth Parker, reveals a surprising, provocative, and
ultimately poignant answer. Instead of racing home, dumping all her
husband's belongings on the driveway, and running over them in her
Mountaineer, she declares her unwavering commitment to the man who
has been living a lie. Far from withdrawing in anger and bitterness
as the "victim" the authorities label her, she becomes her
husband's most powerful ally in navigating a tangled web of legal
nightmares, secrecy, family betrayal, and emotional and financial
upheaval. For two years, she leads an excruciating campaign for
reasonable sentencing terms that might bring her husband back home
to her before time and ill health take his life prison. Her vow to
stand by her man never wavers. Why would the former Chair of a
hospital Emergency Department and Associate Dean of Medicine at a
University Medical School choose a course that many women would
consider foolish or destructive - an act of relinquishing personal
integrity and self-esteem? Why would she cling to a marriage
sustained only behind prison walls? Doretha (Doe) reveals her
answers with a startling openness, honesty, and passion that
challenge all our assumptions, beliefs, and judgments. As she
chronicles her personal crisis and shares her innermost feelings,
Doe makes the case that what she is doing is what we all should be
doing. Practicing unconditional love, not with blinders but with
compassion, caring, and an awareness of the big picture. Helping
one another heal from deep, painful wounds. Recognizing our own
roles in the troubles that others appear to bring us. Honoring and
finally celebrating the metamorphosis that can come when we choose
what is right even when others are absolutely sure it is wrong.
Many readers may see her husband as a con man, drug dealer, and
thief. But to those who do not understand her choices, she asks:
"How could you behave differently? I walk this world without
regret." Whether women cheer Doretha's every move, slowly come to
respect her stand, or shake their heads and say, "Girl, what are
you doing?" they will be swept along on this journey into the
depths of a crisis that few of us can imagine. Ultimately, The
Fugitive's Doctor is a dynamic and thoughtful story not just of the
strength of the vows of marriage but of human frailty, stamina,
fear, courage, hope, forgiveness, deepening love, and salvation.
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