Dr. Norton's Wife

By Mildred Walker

Book Overview

Dr. Norton's Wife was praised for its quiet honesty and artistic integrity when it was first published in 1938. It stands up firmly as a portrait of a marriage subjected to the strain of unexpected invalidism. As a doctor's wife, Sue Norton is no stranger to matters of life and death. But medical shoptalk screens her from the realities of illness until she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Never clinical, Walker, herself the wife of a doctor, accurately describes the disease's progress and the adjustments necessary to cope with it. The result is a tender story of "the marriage of true minds."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803297823
• ISBN13: 9780803297821
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Mildred Walker - a great literary find!

I love Mildred Walker's writing. This is the fifth book of hers that I have read and it did not disappoint. She has such a way of bringing the reader into the minds and thoughts of the book's characters. Sometimes it is more what the characters do not say than what they do say that propels the story forward.This book is about a perfect couple, Dr. Norton and his wife Sue. They have a rock solid marriage and then comes a devastating illness that strikes Sue. That changes everything, or does it? The story unfolds with the relationships between Dr. & Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Norton's sister Jean and all the med students and their wives. Not a lot of action, but I couldn't put it down, as the relationship stories unfolded. Please give Mildred Walker a chance - she is a brilliant writer. My favorite book she has written is Winter Wheat, but I have loved all of her work that I have read so far.