Phoning Home is a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking
essays featuring the author's quirky family, his Jewish heritage,
and his New York City upbringing. Jacob M. Appel's recollections
and insights, informed and filtered by his advanced degrees in
medicine, law, and ethics, not only inspire nostalgic feelings but
also offer insight into contemporary medical and ethical issues.
At times sardonic and at others self-deprecating, Appel lays bare
the most private aspects of his emotional life. "We'd just visited
my grandaunt in Miami Beach, the last time we would ever see her. I
had my two travel companions, Fat and Thin, securely buckled into
the backseat of my mother's foul-tempered Dodge Dart," writes Appel
of his family vacation with his two favorite rubber cat toys.
Shortly thereafter Fat and Thin were lost forever--beginning, when
Appel was just six years old, what he calls his "private
apocalypse."
Both erudite and full-hearted, Appel recounts storylines ranging
from a bout of unrequited love gone awry to the poignant romance of
his grandparents. We learn of the crank phone calls he made to his
own family, the conspicuous absence of Jell-O at his grandaunt's
house, and family secrets long believed buried. The stories capture
the author's distinctive voice--a blend of a physician's compassion
and an ethicist's constant questioning.
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