String Bean Buster the Grumpy Gourmet and Other Personas

<p>In this humorous entertaining and poignant memoir Philip M. Coons M.D. writes about his life from the time of his conception to his recent retirement. His memories written as ninety brief vignettes include episodes from kindergarten through twelfth grade Wabash College in Crawfordsville Indiana Indiana University School of Medicine rotating internship at Indianapolis' Methodist Hospital and general psychiatry residency at Indiana University Hospitals. In this volume he humorously describes his family dating and marriage hobbies cooking dancing lessons and nicknames. Although he has lived in Indianapolis Indiana most of his life he attended high school in Puerto Rico and New Albany Indiana. Dr. Coons shares serious reflections on depression spirituality dissociation desegregation homosexuality death and dying divorce and life changing experiences including cancer.</p>