Overboard

About the Book

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, author Jerrie Wacholder offers a poignant and tender historical memoir of her mother's early years.

In the midst of San Francisco's rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the young Dr. Grace Thompson faces career and marital challenges. After having retuned from a year studying medicine in Berlin, she begins to practice medicine despite the disapproval of her father. She marries and quickly comes to understand that she has married the wrong man - a man whose anger leads to an attempt to murder her.

After surviving his attempt to kill her, she finds herself alone, making choices that result in her changing her life. This book is about how she forges ahead in her career, finds romance and makes a new, happier life.

About the Author

Jerrie Wacholder is a San Franciscan, world traveler, sculptor and jewelry designer who studied in France. A former student of Bufano, Jacques Schnier and Victor Ries, she spent years working in her craft. In 1942, she married and is now the proud mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother of a beautifully blended family. Ms. Wacholder has published two books on genealogy and a biography. Overboard is her first full-length work of creative non-fiction.