cover image My Own Country: A Doctor's Story

My Own Country: A Doctor's Story

Abraham Verghese, Abraham Vergehese, A. Verghese. Vintage Books USA, $16 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-679-75292-9

Indian physician Verghese recalls his experience practicing in the remote, conservative town of Johnson City, Tenn., when HIV first emerged there in 1985. (May)