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Thanks to all of you for subscribing and following my posts here on Substack over the past three years. You haven’t seen me in your inbox for a while, because I’ve been focussed on the final edits, then holding my breath waiting for:
My new book, In Harm’s Way, is a collection of true stories written in the style of creative non-fiction. They take place in Dominica, Uganda, Rwanda, Israel, the Arctic, the Amazon, and urban North America. Almost all are stories from my medical practice, in peacetime and war.
We had an exciting book launch last month at Ben McNally Books in Toronto, with a capacity crowd.
Author Alison Wearing, a guru of memoir writing, introduced me at the launch.
The book has already received encouraging reviews. I am thrilled reading this feedback, because it signals that I have somehow communicated the heart of the stories to other people.
Please feel free to leave your own reviews on Amazon or Goodreads, or let me know what you think about the book.
Proceeds from the book will be donated to Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and the Canada–Africa Community Health Alliance, for medical supplies where there are no doctors, and for the education of AIDS orphans.
In Harm’s Way is now available in bookstores across Canada and online at Amazon and Indigo. You can check locations on my new website.
To my readers in the U.S., Mexico, U.K., Europe, Israel and Australia, the book will soon be available worldwide. You can pre-order for your countries on the website.
After a long labour, I feel like I have given birth to something (figuratively) larger than myself, a new and separate being. It has some of my genes, of course, but also genes from the wider world of the countries and cultures where these stories take place. My reaction to finally holding my baby—the physical book actually in my hands—was a silent wow, followed by whoopee, and wonderful. Words expressing the moment all seemed to begin with “w”. But the one that fit best was whew!
I’ve recently returned from Norway, where there’s a saying, “Only one who wanders finds new paths.” After closing my medical practice, this rings true for me: the value of curiosity, exploration, a new career. So here’s to sometimes letting ourselves diverge from our set paths in life, and, with luck, finding fulfillment in the new and unexpected.
I hope you enjoy the book!
Peter
To see more about In Harm’s Way, go to www.peternewman.ca
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