A young doctor falls in love with the Art of Acting. Surprising success in Hollywood and rewards from a lucky marriage lead him to repay Life with dedicated service in West Africa. The stories relate how the doctor became a doctor, how he stumbled into Acting, won an enviable Hollywood career, gained a wonderful family, and suddenly decided to leave his good fortune to pro
A young doctor falls in love with the Art of Acting. Surprising success in Hollywood and rewards from a lucky marriage lead him to repay Life with dedicated service in West Africa. The stories relate how the doctor became a doctor, how he stumbled into Acting, won an enviable Hollywood career, gained a wonderful family, and suddenly decided to leave his good fortune to provide medical service in a poor country in West Africa.
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Milt Kogan is a doctor, he is an actor and he has gone to West Africa to be a force for good.
This book starts in the time from late in medical school and residency. Milt is tired both physically and emotionally and he is searching for something to take him away from the grind. He finds acting. According to Milt, the reason he chose acting was to find women. But, I think that acting also appealed to him because of his personality and the desire to shine.
After some stop
This is an interesting book.
Milt Kogan is a doctor, he is an actor and he has gone to West Africa to be a force for good.
This book starts in the time from late in medical school and residency. Milt is tired both physically and emotionally and he is searching for something to take him away from the grind. He finds acting. According to Milt, the reason he chose acting was to find women. But, I think that acting also appealed to him because of his personality and the desire to shine.
After some stops and starts, he finds parts available to him as well as finding that he loves acting and everything that goes with it.
Later in the story, Milt also finds a bride and they choose to take their family and go to West Africa to work. Helping bring better health to the area gives him a great deal of satisfaction.
This is book two of a three book trilogy. I think that in this portion of the story, things could have been a little more cohesive and tightly written.
If you would like a story about some Hollywood background and the inside story about how things worked in the 60’s, this is a book you will enjoy. There are stories of some well known Hollywood people included and descriptions of working in the business of acting.
The book also discusses family relationships, friendships and broken hearts. Not all of those are the author’s.
I received this book from the author with the hope I would write a fair and honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.
This was part 2 of a multi book series. I felt as if this were a rip off-trying to get readers to buy more books by releasing them in installments. There wasn't really any "juice" in the writing either.
I received this book free from Goodreads First Reads.