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Obsessive Compassion

by David J. Farrell

340 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1958; ISBN 1-4251-4597-3; US$24.95, C$28.69, EUR19.45, £12.90

Her obstetrician erred. Nancy forgave. He misintepreted her admiration and compassion. He was obsessed with her. She trusted him. He conquered her. Again she forgave him.

About the Book

After two years of marriage - and no children - Nancy, with husband Robert's concurrence, sought the services of the renowned Obstetrician, Dr. David Jordan who immediately became enamoured of this patient's beauty but initally suspicious of her projected goodness and sincerity.

The Doctor performed a relatively minor elective surgical procedure which unfortunately resulted in a litany of potentiall dangerous and disasterous complicationions. After lengthy deliberations, Nancy and Robert, countering heated parental objections, recanted their arguments and remained under Dr. Jordan's care. On the following appointment, Nancy and the doctor realized they suffered with an analogous problem - she, a Down Syndrome brother, he a similarly compromised daughter. Their genetic flaws became the subject and the centrepiece of much of their discussions over the next decade.

Nancy maintained her deep admiration for her world-famous physician who very quickly succumbed to her glowing attributes - and obsessive compassion. He camouflaged, for years, his covetous desires until finally he confessed, revealed and forcefully - but regrettably - demonstrated and comfirmed his passion and lust for her.

While this affair intensived, Nancy suspected that a transgression involving her husband, Robert, and his attractuve, young secretary was comparably escalating, allowing her to excused and neutralize, but not absolve her of her guilt.

About the Author

He enlisted in the Air Corps shortly after Pearl Harbor while a student at Harvard. He became a B-17 Bomber Pilot, stationed in England. He returned to College and played on athletic teams. He went to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, graduating on 1951. He taught there for 40 years, becoming as Associate Professor, while involved in the General Practice of Dentistry for 50 years. On the day after his retirement he started a new career of writing.