Dr. Grass

Name: Dr. Grass
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Grania Davis
ISBN: 9781799937531

Author: Grania Davis

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Skyboat Media

Published: 10/21/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor, Fiction, Satire

Synopsis

An MD as outrageous as your doctor’s billErnie Spiegelglass gets high, gets involved, and is about to complete his residency … he hopes.Brash, brilliant, and often profane, Ernie (alias Doc Sparrowgrass) enters the world of a San Francisco clinic and turns the entire place upside down with his riotous romances and his own unique style—which includes treating patients like people. The medical establishment is turned off to his idea of medicine—from the heart, not by the book—but Ernie can’t turn his back on anyone who comes to him for help, even if it means jeopardizing his career.Dr. Grass is a funny, honest, poignant book about a refugee from the 1960’s growing up and not selling out in the 1970’s.

About Grania Davis

Grania Davis (1943–2017), an author and editor, wrote The Rainbow Annals, The Great Perpendicular Path, and Moonbird. She was married to author Avram Davidson from 1962 to 1964 and collaborated with him on several works. After Davidson’s death in 1993, Davis coedited collections of his stories, including The Avram Davidson Treasury (with Robert Silverberg), which won the 1999 Locus Award for best collection.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Court on March 25, 2024

The 70’s San Francisco vibe and Sonia were the only redeeming bits in this book. Every male character, ESPECIALLY the main character, were genuinely disgusting. I know it was written at a different time…but there were some scenes hard to get through! Which is such a bummer since I got a super cute o......more

Goodreads review by Tim on June 16, 2024

I remember this book as a very good-hearted work. It did seem to have a slight sexist element, as the main gal turns out to lose some weight, and I think that's to please Ernie, the main guy. But then I also always assumed the author was a male when apparently the author is a female. See Wiki" https:......more