Sensing Light, Mark A. Jacobson
Sensing Light, Mark A. Jacobson
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Sensing Light

Author: Mark A. Jacobson

Narrator: Daniel Henning

Unabridged: 12 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/26/2022


Synopsis

“A POWERFUL WORK OF FICTION THAT AUTHENTICALLY EVOKES THE BAD AND THE GOOD.”—Eric Goosby, MD, US Global AIDS Coordinator, 2009–13

“A MOVING STORY OF DOCTORS NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF SUFFERING, AMBITION ANDDISCOVERY.”—Krista Bremer, My Accidental Jihad

This breakout book by Mark A. Jacobson, a leading Bay Area HIV/AIDS physician, follows three people from vastly different backgrounds, who are thrown together by a shared urgency to find out what is killing so many men in the prime of their lives. Kevin, a gay medical resident from working class Boston, has moved to San Francisco in search of acceptance of his sexual identity. Herb, a middle-aged supervising physician at one of the nation’s toughest hospitals, struggles with his own emotional rigidity. And Gwen, a divorced mother raising a teen daughter, is seeking a sense of self and security while endeavoring to complete her medical training. Mark A. Jacobson, a professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco and attending physician at San Francisco General Hospital, began his internship in 1981, just days after the CDC first reported a mysterious, fatal disease affecting gay men.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on August 08, 2016

Broke "write" wrist--review to follow... I'd like to thank Ulysses Press, Goodreads Giveaway, and Mary Bisbee-Beek for an ARC of "Sensing Light: A Novel." Because of a broken wrist, it has been almost two months since I finished reading this book and able to write my review. Through Mark A. Jacobson's......more

Goodreads review by Ann on July 06, 2016

This is an incredibly well written, historically accurate novel set in the first 10 years of the AIDS epidemic at its epicenter in San Francisco. Through beautifully written prose, this book touches on many of the controversial and challenging issues that were faced by the patients, the community, t......more

Goodreads review by EvaLovesYA on November 16, 2016

Also posted on Eva Lucias blog In 1979, an epidemic begins… AIDS. Four deadly letters. ”Sensing Light” is a novel based on the topic and written by Mark A. Jacobson. The novel presents with a heavy topic that been on people’s mind for a while. Even though, it was brought to our attention a long time a......more

Goodreads review by Marcy on May 04, 2016

I am proud to know the author of this book through a friend I used to teach with for many years! I received an "Advance Copy" to read and then review. This is a must read, a work of historical fiction that will effectively and easily teach readers about the AIDS epidemic in the late seventies, and e......more

Goodreads review by Lindie on July 04, 2016

An extraordinary novel about the AIDS epidemic as it unfolded in the 1980s. I too was a young physician in San Francisco during this time and am tremendously impressed by Dr. Jacobson’s handling of this material and the resulting wonderful novel that he has given us. We were overwhelmed and horrifie......more