- Mass Market Paperback: 592 pages
- Publisher: Forge Books; Reprint edition (April 8 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765361027
- ISBN-13: 978-0765361028
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #293,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“A multilayered story of the human side of medicine, told with a physician’s authority and an irresistible sense of drama. Daniel Kalla deftly portrays the triumph and heartbreak of life-or-death matters.”—Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author, on Of Flesh and Blood
“A family saga set in the world of medicine; it’s full of twists and turns and long-brewing feuds. Daniel Kalla, a worthy successor of Robin Cook, shows as deft a hand in penning this compelling tale as he no doubt does in the operating room.”—Eileen Goudge, New York Times bestselling author, on Of Flesh and Blood
“Daniel Kalla has the medical drama sewn up in Of Flesh and Blood: high-voltage suspense and rich characters, many of whom feel like they live next door to you.”—Ridley Pearson, New York Times bestselling author
“Part thriller, part romance, part multigenerational saga, Daniel Kalla delivers an utterly compelling and emotionally gripping tale of one family’s crisis and redemption that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”—Julia London, New York Times bestselling author, on Of Flesh and Blood
“For a satisfying, technically brilliant, emotionally draining roller-coaster ride of a read you’ll do no better than Of Flesh and Blood.”—Patrick Taylor, MD, New York Times bestselling author of An Irish Country Doctor
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Bestselling author Daniel Kalla presents his newest novel, Of Flesh and Blood.
A hundred years ago, Dr. Evan McGrath realized his dream of establishing a hospital in Seattle, a hospital that would never turn away a patient in need. But the personal cost was steep: Evan lost the love of his life while making a powerful enemy of the hospital’s financier, Marshall Alfredson.
Today, the Alfredson Medical Center is internationally renowned for its care. The two founding families remain faithful to Evan’s vision, but their history is clouded by forbidden love, conflict, and betrayal. Crisis is besieging the Alfredson. A decision by Dr. Tyler McGrath, a child cancer specialist, leaves a young patient’s family shattered. Dr. Jill Laidlaw, Tyler’s wife, is a researcher poised to offer fresh hope to multiple sclerosis victims—including a former presidential frontrunner—until rumors of research fraud endanger her career. And in the face of temptation and career demands, Tyler and Jill are drifting apart.
Devastating family secrets, doomed relationships, and present-day medical disasters threaten not only the Alfredsons and McGraths but the legendary hospital itself.
A hundred years ago, Dr. Evan McGrath realized his dream of establishing a hospital in Seattle, a hospital that would never turn away a patient in need. But the personal cost was steep: Evan lost the love of his life while making a powerful enemy of the hospital’s financier, Marshall Alfredson.
Today, the Alfredson Medical Center is internationally renowned for its care. The two founding families remain faithful to Evan’s vision, but their history is clouded by forbidden love, conflict, and betrayal. Crisis is besieging the Alfredson. A decision by Dr. Tyler McGrath, a child cancer specialist, leaves a young patient’s family shattered. Dr. Jill Laidlaw, Tyler’s wife, is a researcher poised to offer fresh hope to multiple sclerosis victims—including a former presidential frontrunner—until rumors of research fraud endanger her career. And in the face of temptation and career demands, Tyler and Jill are drifting apart.
Devastating family secrets, doomed relationships, and present-day medical disasters threaten not only the Alfredsons and McGraths but the legendary hospital itself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A Very Dramatic Comedy of Life,
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Of Flesh and Blood (Mass Market Paperback)
Once again, Kalla, an accomplished writer of medical-drama, has produced a top-rate story that covers the ins-and-outs, ups-and-downs, and the ultimate moments of truth in the world of modern medical practice. This is the second of his works I have read, and I am especially taken with how he develops the drama over an extended period of time, with many intriguing little sidebars and nuances to enrich and intensify the plot and characters along the way. The overall theme of the novel deals with the many challenges facing two families - the Alfredsons and the McGraths - in their efforts to keep their private hospital functioning during very difficult times. Originally founded on the principle of providing healthcare to whomever regardless of their ability to pay, Alfredson Medical Centre has become so much more: a place for innovative research and practice that attracts some of the world's best, like the Cleveland Clinic in the real world, except located in the Pacific Northwest. Over the century, the family tradition of Hippocratic dedication to making people whole continues apace, but now there are serious complications threatening to destroy their mission. Medical liability, viruses like C-diff, rising costs, the lure of medicine for profit, failing marriages, and the deep, dark secrets of the past are woven into the fabric of this colourful tale. The reader gets to see how critical medical procedures are conducted, how patients deal with the prospect of death, and what binds people together when everything is conspiring to pull them apart. The ultimate triumph of this work is that the human spirit of putting others first will prevail regardless of the forces of greed arrayed against it. This is a family affair based on ideals and traditions that have been tested and re-tested over time, so that in the end, when the crisis peaks, that original idea will remain firm, though some of its main players will move on to new lives.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Of Flesh and Blood (Hardcover)
This powerful new suspense, the 6th novel written by physician Daniel Kalla, is a family saga set in the world of medicine. This multilayered story is told with a physician's point of view and portrayed with all the triumph and heart break of life and death. The author has combined his experiences in the ER with a devastating tale of family secrets, doomed relationships and present day medical disasters. Although not intended as an autobiography, I feel it represents reality in many ways. The setting for this drama is the Alfredson Medical Center, a fictional facility on the outskirts of Seattle.The novel starts with the background into and the birth of a now 100 + year hospital, the brain child of Dr. Evan McGrath, whose dream was to never refuse a patient in need. The trials and tribulations Dr. McGrath endured to bring his dream to life and the price he paid such as losing the love of his life and the continual friction with the hospital financier, Marshall Alfredson, creates a compelling story. We follow the story from a dream to a renowned medical center through its financial crisis that threaten its future, its scandals and conflicts, medical disasters that shattered individual lives, cover-ups and the invasion of a super bug, all stories on their own. Through all of this the two families settled their differences one by one and remained faithful to the ultimate dream. We can all see the comparison in this fictional story with what we are living today. "Of Flesh and Blood" is mostly character driven, a multigenerational story with multiple protagonists most related by blood or association, a family based story where women play an important part in the equation. One character stands out: Dot Alfredson, a spunky and eccentric ninety year old, a collector of erotica memorabilia that loves playing a cat a mouse game with her nice. It is her narrative that skilfully bridges the present to the past in the long family history. This gripping story expertly intertwines romance, history, conflict and ethical dilemmas, Mr. Kalla brings a refreshing style to medical thrillers that I enjoy quite a bit, he is one of my favourite medical novelists.
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A new side of Kalla,
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This review is from: Of Flesh and Blood (Hardcover)
Daniel Kalla, known for his medical thrillers, successfully transitions to a different type of story in this sweeping book. While centered in a medical setting, with Kalla's usual realism, this is a story of love and loss. Let's hope for more from this promising author.
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Of Flesh and Blood,
By Marie Pinschmidt - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Of Flesh and Blood (Hardcover)
This is another medically based story covering a century of love, loss and healing between two families brought together by the establishment of a renowned hospital. As in all families there was a great interest in maintaining the prestige of the operation as well as a few who did not feel duty bound by the familial connect. The conflict and personal stories of the characters kept this reader's attention to the end. As in real life, circumstances altered loyalties and personalities of the main players. I recommend it to anyone interested in this type of family intrigue.
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A riveting page turner!,
By Jane Sarges "Elizabeth the biblioholic" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Of Flesh and Blood (Hardcover)
A riveting page turner! Alternating between present and past, Daniel Kalla keeps us wanting to learn more and includes a surprise twist at the end.It combines elements of a thriller, a romance and a historical saga. It's a gripping story that keeps you up late into the night and you come away wanting more.For me personally I am grateful for the inclusion of factual medical information which in turn makes a fictional story come to life! This book is a keeper and will now take up residence in company with Daniel Kalla's previous medial thrillers!
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