Doctor Doctor

<p>Wise and wise-cracking longtime veterinarian Dr. Joanne Holland became a medical doctor in Drain Oregon at age 60. Determined to improve rural medicine Dr. Holland has operated a one-person medical clinic there since 2004. She is 79 -- and completing a career that evolved from being a veterinarian in Alaska Yukon Territory and Wisconsin to a physician in rural Oregon. Along the way she battled dyslexia extreme shyness sexism and ageism. Twice divorced she raised two daughters including one with autism and suffered life-threatening surgery to remove a mouse-sized tumor in her heart in 1998. She's an inspiration and a force of nature. Her engaging memoir and inspirational moments will be embraced by readers. She's the ultimate earth mother whose stories will ruffle feathers and provoke smiles. <em>Doctor Doctor</em> is a real-life <em>Lessons in Chemistry</em> crossed with a raw <em>All Creatures Great and Small.</em></p>