Enigma
I have delivered 20,000 babies, survived a brain tumour, a gaol sentence and have been a millionaire many times over. Here is my extraordinary story
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Publisher Description
"I've lost an eye to disease, suffered a brain haemorrhage, a heart attack and 12 months in prison. I've brought 20,000 babies into the world as a doctor, and owned ground-breaking clinics in two countries. I have lost and retrieved a luxury car collection and have probably supported more lawyers than most. I still walk with a limp because of a high-speed car crash. I've risen on more than one occasion from an abyss of corruption that would leave most people crumpled. Now it is time to tell my side of the life that the media have consumed."
The book covers his life as a musical entrepreneur with Festival Records, Glenn Shorrock and his company Hit Productions, to his career as a country doctor, city businessman and night club owner. His ground-breaking medical clinics introduced computerised records to Australia, revolutionised pathology sampling processes and stayed open for 24-hours, a model that has been copied all over the world. When he bought the Sydney Swans in 1985, he was on top of the world. But it was not to be for long.
In a case involving innuendo and interpretation, and phone tapping, Edelsten was jailed for a year - supposedly for bribing a hit man. After 12 months in jail and despite everything he has been through, Edelsten continues to fight to clear his name.
Customer Reviews
Above average read
I was enjoying this book but as seems usual with iBook purchases lately, the download is full of incomplete chapters all heralded with error messages.
Really really frustrating.
What's the deal with this iTunes?? We only pay half the RRP of the hard copy so we only get half the book??
A must read
I found this book thoroughly entertaining and informative. I had a negative view of the Edelsten's as a result of all the negative news that they have received.
I have read the book. I have been privileged to meet the man, Geoffrey Edelsten.
And what a pleasant experience it was to meet this man in person, and to discover just how wrong I was to believe the negative publicity this man has received.
I now admire the man Dr and Prof. Edelsten.
He is a truly remarkable man, smart, articulate and he has a amazing sense of humor.
I have turned from sceptic to ardent supporter.
Read the book.
Ms
I was enjoying the interestingly big life of this unusual little man, until I lost the book! What happened? Are we supposed to finish the book in a certain amount of time? A bit unfair, when the whole point of purchasing on an iPhone is covinience!