Novelist
Gen LaGreca’s guest
column honoring
Thomas Jefferson on
his birthday is now appearing in the
Orange County Register. See
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/jefferson-rights-individual-2016912-property-every#
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Book of the Year Award Finalist |
Writer's
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13th international book awards finalist |
Noble
Vision is the gripping tale of a visionary doctor
whose medical breakthrough is stymied by government
bureaucracy---until he risks everything in a fierce battle
to save his work, his ideals, and the woman he loves.
Romantic
Medical Thriller Offers Thought-provoking Look at Today's
Healthcare Crisis
Noble Vision portrays the love story
of a beautiful ballerina of the New York stage whose life
is shattered by a tragic accident and a young neurosurgeon
determined to save her. The dancer's only hope is the
surgeon’s breakthrough procedure to repair damaged
nerves. The treatment, however, does not have the required
approval of their state-run health system, a bureaucracy
wracked with cost overruns and other, politically
motivated priorities. The doctor must
ultimately take on the entire health system to fight for his work, his
ideals, and the
woman he loves.
This first novel of former pharmaceutical
chemist and healthcare writer Genevieve (Gen) LaGreca is
considered “very highly recommended
reading” by Midwest Book Review. The novel's dramatic portrayal of the dangers of
universal healthcare earned endorsements from American Medical
Association past president Edward Annis, syndicated
columnist Walter Williams, magazine magnate Steve
Forbes, and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman.
Praise for
Noble Vision
"The
defects of government-controlled medicine are dramatized
effectively in this page-turning story of the love of a
brilliant physician for a beautiful ballerina who becomes
his patient."
—MILTON
FRIEDMAN, Nobel laureate economist
"A
gripping story superimposed on today's threats to quality
medical care. It's a great novel standing on its own, even
without any medicine in it. However, this remarkable book
also demonstrates the dire results of medical decisions
made by non-medical bureaucrats and power-hungry
politicians. Admittedly a novel, it is filled with truths
of today." —EDWARD ANNIS, MD, Past
President, American Medical Association, and author of Code
Blue
".
. . an intriguing novel about how
unintended consequences of good intentions can have a
devastating impact on the healing professions.
Unfortunately for us, Noble Vision, while a novel,
comes too close to describing today's reality in medical
practice. As such, it should serve as a wake-up call to
free medical practice from the heavy hand of government."
—WALTER
WILLIAMS, George Mason University professor and
syndicated columnist
"Salutary
tale of what can happen to medical breakthroughs if Big
Government claws even deeper into our healthcare system!"
—STEVE FORBES, President and CEO, Forbes
magazine
"The
novel deals with some of the most serious issues of the
day, lending the story an immediacy and vibrancy. The
author's prose is polished and professional." —WRITER'S
DIGEST magazine
".
. . a novel about liberty . . . If you like Ayn Rand's
novels, you'll like this one."
—EZRA
LEVANT, publisher, The Western Standard
".
. . [Noble
Vision] captivated me from beginning to end. Its grim vision of
the near future—or is it the present?—of medicine is
all too accurate. Can a few men and women of principle
turn it around? One must have hope." —JANE
ORIENT, MD, Executive Director, Association of
American Physicians and Surgeons, and author of Your
Doctor Is Not In
"The novel both communicates and concretizes
important philosophical insights and also deals with a
very important practical problem, i.e. the future of
medical care in the United States. It is truly a pleasure
to read a first class novel which incorporates Ayn Rand's
philosophy."
—JOHN
ALLISON, Chairman and CEO, BB&T
". . . Noble Vision is a chilling
suspense story, with an intricate plot that thickens as
the author explores deeper and deeper into the lives and
minds of the characters. A well-researched . . . sensitively written
. . . inherently
captivating novel of suspense, Noble Vision is very
highly recommended reading . . ." —MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
"A
beautifully crafted and completely engaging novel. I read
it in one sitting. It made me want to stand up and
cheer!" —JAMES VAWTER, MD
"Noble
Vision takes on a
controversial issue—health care and what is wrong with
it. It's an inspiring, eye-opening book that the general
public will enjoy and a must-read for healthcare professionals."
—
HUNTSVILLE TIMES, Alabama
"The
mounting conflicts of this lovingly sculpted first novel
will keep you turning pages late into the night." —
LAISSEZ FAIRE BOOKS
"A
remarkable first novel . . . " —GALEN
INSTITUTE, Health Policy Matters
"Noble
Vision is a fine read. I got so drawn into the
characters and plot. It reminded me of Ayn Rand's The
Fountainhead." —JUDITH
KLEINFELD, PhD,
University of Alaska psychology professor and author of Go
for It!
"Noble
Vision is a wonderful literary achievement. An
extraordinary hero, a tender love story, a fascinating
medical discovery, and an intense family conflict are
dramatically interwoven in a plot that surprises and
delights." —EDITH PACKER, JD, PhD,
psychologist
"Noble
Vision is a suspenseful
tale of one surgeon’s heroic struggle to save his work
and the woman he loves. It inspires us to search inside
ourselves for what we know to be true—and to seek the
courage to live by it. . . . Truly a story for every
patient and every physician!"
—BETH
HAYNES, MD
"A
fiction reader’s delight! Noble Vision
has villains you will despise and heroes you’d love to
meet. Add intrigue, betrayal, romance—you’ll be
captured till the end and long for Gen LaGreca’s next
novel!"
—KAREN TIERNEY,
MD
Noble
Vision is a Rare Find Among Today's Novels
As
innovative as its surgeon-protagonist, Noble Vision
breaks the mold that encases much of today’s fiction. In
an age in which plot stories and character studies, not to
mention romances and thrillers, appear in distinctly
separate categories of fiction, and thought-provoking themes
are rare, Noble Vision combines a rich
mix of story elements in one satisfying read.
Asked what
moved her to write Noble Vision, author Gen LaGreca replies, "After years of working in the
healthcare industry, I can’t help but feel as if I’m witnessing
the slow death of something great, something that
shouldn’t be allowed to die—America’s gold standard
of medicine." Why fiction? "Ever since I read Gone
With the Wind at age 13, I’ve been enthralled by
sweeping novels that capture a historic moment in an
unforgettable way. I wanted to tell the story of what’s
happening in medicine today—how it, too, could be gone
with the wind—through the emotional pull of
fiction."
The novel is
published by Winged Victory Press, whose mission is to
publish stories of
unusual people doing unusual things, stories with
something vitally important to say, and stories that inspire
us to fight for our freedom and individuality. This
independent press will also publish
Ms. LaGreca's
second completed novel, The Mysterious Cargo,
a semi-finalist in the Pirate’s Alley
William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition.
The author has also
written the
screenplay adaptation of Noble Vision, which placed in several contests, including the
acclaimed Phoenix Film Festival/Arizona Screenplay Search.
Noble Vision Wins
National Book
Awards
Noble Vision is
earning top book-industry honors. ForeWord, the
leading journal for independent presses, picked the book as a finalist in its Book of the Year
Awards. Writer's Digest magazine, considered the
bible for emerging writers, awarded Noble Vision
honorable
mention in mainstream fiction, one of only six picks
celebrating independent presses.
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