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Gifted Hands
The Ben Carson Story
Ben Carson, M.D., Cecil Murphey
Zondervan · Print & ebook · January 28, 1992
Reading lane: Christian Memoirs
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
From Struggle to Calling
A personal journey pairs hard-won perseverance with the vivid world of pediatric neurosurgery.
Come here for
- A candid account of childhood anger and school struggles
- Headline-making surgeries and the mind of a compassionate physician
Expect
- A faith-inflected story of adversity and achievement
- A mother’s persistence at the heart of the journey
Book Details
- Authors
- Ben Carson, M.D., Cecil Murphey
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Published
- January 28, 1992
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Christian Memoirs · Christian Biography
- Reading lane
- Christian Memoirs
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Publisher Categories
Lives in Medicine
Religious Lives
Neurosurgery
Inspirational Christian Books
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Calling & Vocation (Christian)
Christian Memoirs
About This Book
Gifted Hands reveals the remarkable journey of Dr. Ben Carson from an angry, struggling young boy with everything stacked against him to the director of pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. As a boy, he did poorly in school and struggled with anger. If it were not for the persistence of his mother, a single parent who worked three jobs and pushed her sons to do their best, his story may have ended tragically. Join Dr. Carson on his journey from a st...
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