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Article: Nuland, Sherwin B. Lost in America; a journey with my father.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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- September 1, 2004
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NULAND, Sherwin B. Lost in America; a journey with my father. Random House, Vintage. 211p. c2003. 0-375-72722-1. $12.00. SA
How could anyone be lost in America? Nuland's Russian immigrant father, a difficult man whose debilitating illness progressed over the years, never acclimated himself to the America he entered as a young man in the early 1900s. Nuland, his youngest son and now a well-known physician and award-winning writer (How We Die), was so deeply affected by the domineering role his father played in his life that he spent many adult years locked in deep depression. This book is an effort on the part of the son to understand the long-dead father.
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