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This title in other editionsWhat Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Pastby James Fitzgerald
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:NOMINEE 2011 – Toronto Book Awards
A rich, unmined piece of Canadian history, an intense psychological drama, a mystery to be solved… and a hardwon escape from a family curse Like his friends Banting and Best, Dr. John Fitzgerald was a Canadian hero. He founded Connaught Labs, saved untold lives with his vaccines and transformed the idea of public health in Canada and the world. What so darkened his reputation that his memory has been all but erased? A sensitive, withdrawn boy is born into the gothic house of his long dead grandfather, a brilliant yet tormented pathologist of Irish blood and epic accomplishment whose memory has been mysteriously erased from public consciousness. As the boy watches his own father - also an eminent doctor - plunge into a suicidal psychosis, he intuits, as the psychiatrists do not, some unspeakable secret buried like a tumour deep in the multi-generational layers of the family unconscious. Growing into manhood, he knows in his bones that he must stalk an ancient curse before it stalks him. To set himself free, he must break the silence and put words to the page. His future lies in the past. From the Hardcover edition. About the AuthorJAMES FITZGERALD is a journalist and author whose first book, Old Boys: The Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College, was a controversial inside look at the attitudes and mores of Canada's ruling class. Revelations of the sexual abuse of boys at the school, first published in the book, led to the charging and conviction of two former teachers and the launching of a class action lawsuit against the college in 2002. The article that sparked What Disturbs Our Blood won a National Magazine Award.
From the Hardcover edition. Table of ContentsPrologue
Part I 1. The Ghosts of Balmoral 2. Room at the Top 3. Daddy Ded 4. Dr. FitzGerald Must Learn to Cover Up His Feelings 5. In Dreams 6. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie 7. I’m My Own Grandpa 8. The Unpardonable Sin
Part II 9. Science Has No Fatherland 10. Crucible of Ambition 11. A Kind of Superman 12. Gospel Certainty of Relapse 13. I Am a Mass of Flesh, and You Are Another 14. Salvation Lies in the Most Concrete Records 15. The Travel Bug
Part III 16. The Miracle in a Stable 17. Born with the Dead 18. The Sugar Sickness 19. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 20. Mens Sana In Corpore Sano 21. The High Priest of Quality Control 22. A Monument More Lasting Than Bronze
Part IV 23. Hell of a Good 24. The Living Lie 25. . . . and the Penalty Is Death 26. Damn Clever, These Spooks! 27. Occam’s Razor 28. The Archaeology of Silence
Acknowledgements Select Bibliography And Sources Permissions Photo Credits Index From the Hardcover edition. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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