Heart of Wisdom
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Publisher Description
Leo Miller survives the infamous Bataan Death March but it leaves its mark on him forever. Years later he is a nationally-renowned researcher and practicing cardiologist when Paul Bergman secures a prestigious fellowship at his research facility. Initially intimidated, what Paul finds in Leo Miller is a man with a singular passion to save lives, unshakable moral principles, and a past that both haunts and drives him. Paul becomes Miller’s confidant and number-one supporter in the fight of Leo Miller’s professional life. This novel explores the demons and angels that lie in the heart of a man, and the sacrifices that must be made to preserve honor. The Heart of Wisdom masterfully weaves the ethics of medical research and the enduring influence of surviving a harrowing war-time experience into a thought provoking must-read.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Clifford's novel, which vividly illustrates the conflicts and moral complexities of medical research, cardiologist Paul Bergman, in the late 1980s, enters the teaching program run by a demanding but famous professor, Leo Miller. When Miller who served time in Japanese prisoner of war camps during WWII declines to accept a prestigious award from the Japanese Medical Society, his university is incensed and embarrassed, and loses the accompanying grant. A parallel conflict occurs when Bergman learns that hotshot but arrogant researcher Eric Sanderson has committed research fraud. The ensuing complications engage the reader in a wealth of moral dilemmas, as demanding university administrators, a publicity-seeking congressman, government investigators, and a student association become involved. Clifford's ingenious balancing of competing moral imperatives more than makes up for his somewhat unconvincing characterization, and the result is a thought-provoking read.
