Overboard

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the infamous 1906 San Francisco earthquake, author Jerrie Wacholder offers a poignant and tender historical memoir of her mother’s early years. In the midst of San Francisco’s rebuilding after the 1906 earthquake, the young Dr. Grace Thompson faces career and marital challenges. After having retuned from a year studying medicine in Berlin, she begins to practice medicine despite the disapproval of her father. She marries and quickly comes to understand that she has married the wrong man – a man whose anger leads to an attempt to murder her. After surviving his attempt to kill her, she finds herself alone, making choices that result in her changing her life. This book is about how she forges ahead in her career, finds romance and makes a new, happier life.