Heads: A Neurosurgeon's Memoir by Bernard R. Lerner, M.D., and Doncha Freeman covers several years in the life of a neurosurgeon, who triumphs in his own inimitable way

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (MMD Newswire) September 13, 2010 -- Heads: A Neurosurgeon's Memoir by Bernard R. Lerner, M.D. and Doncha Freeman explores the nitty-gritty of the drug culture, the prison culture and the medical culture, with a focus on the fusion of all three. Lerner, a late pioneer in neurosurgery, dedicated humanitarian and former prison inmate tells his story after decades of silence in this new memoir.

Lerner practiced neurosurgery at Northwestern University Hospital in the 1980s before his fall from grace. Despite what Freeman calls an undeserved prison sentence at a federal prison camp that she suggests was based on a legal mathematical error, Lerner makes the best possible use of his time behind bars until his early release. Leaning on the support and love from Freeman, Lerner becomes his fellow inmates' personal healer, professor and devoted friend. "The most charming fact in our hero's journey is that he believes he experienced Utopia in the strangest of all places: prison," confides Freeman.

"Dr. Lerner's rough-and-ready personality, along with his ultimate conversion to peace on earth, is portrayed with ribald humor, much sensitivity and great insights. Laughing out loud, as the pages raced to the finish line, I experienced an amazing range of emotions that took me along on a perilous, but victorious journey," says Louis G. Keith, M.D., PhD, emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine.

"Heads is compelling and vivid," writes Brenda Russell Williams, president of Russell Williams Group Inc., Chicago-based strategy consultants. "This is an arresting memoir that is rich with insight. Dr. Lerner and Ms. Freeman have decided to tell all and the result is riveting. Readers will marvel at their intelligence and resilience. Simply put, it's a great read."

Heads: A Neurosurgeon's Memoir is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.

About the Author
Bernard R. Lerner practiced neurosurgery after completing his residency at Mayo Clinic and a special fellowship in cerebral vascular microneurologic surgery in Zurich, Switzerland. Doncha Freeman received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature at Barat College and attended The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford as well as other institutions. Freeman resides in Miami Beach with her cat, Katie, and dog, Sonny.

MEDIA CONTACT
Doncha Freeman
Email: donchafreeman@bellsouth.net
Phone: (305) 785-9053
Web: www.thedocanddoncha.com

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