Heart in the Right Place - Hardcover

Jourdan, Carolyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565124871 ISBN 13: 9781565124875

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 2007

Synopsis

Describes how the author, a successful attorney who worked with some of America's most powerful people in Washington, D.C., returned to her Tennessee hometown to take on the job of receptionist at her father's tiny rural doctor's office while her mother recovered from a heart attack.

About this title

Product Description:

Unusual book

Review:

" A stirring, beautiful memoir that is alternately hilarious and heartbreaking."
-- Publishers Weekly, starred review

" Sometimes the greater good can best be served one person at a time. With lavish affection, genuine respect, and exuberant humor, Jourdan offers a zestfully compassionate portrait of a poor community rich in the ways of humanity."
-- Booklist

"This is a soul-touching memoir filled with memorable Southern characters, plus plenty of country humor, but mostly a memoir about character--the transformative power of selfless acts in forgotten places far from the spotlight."
--John Marshall," Seattle Post-Intelligencer"

"Jourdan's tone is heartfelt without being preachy and frequently funny without being trite. Readers struggling to reconcile their practices with their beliefs will find Jourdan's memoir to be as much a blueprint for change as it is a satisfying recollection of one person's journey to fulfillment."
--L. Elisabeth Beattie," Louisville Courier Journal"

""Heart in the Right Place" provided laugh out loud humor to me while on the treadmill (although too much laughing while running can be dangerous ... ) ... I have been recommending this book to friends telling them some of the humorous anecdotes within, but it is the deeper meaning ... that will keep this story in my memory."
--Tina Ristau, "Des Moines Register"

"[A]n absolute delight of a book: warm, funny and written with great heart and understanding."
--Howard Shirley, BookPage

-[A]n absolute delight of a book: warm, funny and written with great heart and understanding.-
--Howard Shirley, BookPage

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1565124871
• ISBN 13: 9781565124875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 297