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Reelblack Podcast - Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton | The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Reelblack founder Mike D. chats with author Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton, MD
(The Ditchdigger's Daughters, Something To Prove) about Education, Focus and Determination
-- her parents keys to success.
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Ms. May and Aviano Middle High School's 6th grade students in Italy
The students give their insight, what they have learned
and their thanks to Dr. Thornton for her book, The Ditchdigger's Daughters.
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| SOMETHING TO PROVE
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From the Operating Room to the family dinner table, "Something to Prove" chronicles Dr. Thornton’s journey to achieve the goals her father laid out for her in childhood—and to set the bar high for her own children.
In "Something to Prove", Dr. Thornton brings us along her continued path as a doctor, wife and mother, revealing the challenges of balancing a flourishing medical career with managing a home and raising children.
Carrying on the family name, Dr. Thornton picks up the mantle of her father’s ambition and heart as she shares the ups and downs of her career as the first African-American woman in the United States to be Board-certified in maternal-fetal medicine—while attending her kids’ chess matches, crafting Halloween costumes, and somehow finding time to learn how to tango.
Filled with vivid personalities, heartbreaking setbacks, and joyful triumphs, "Something to Prove" is a testament to what can be accomplished through hard work, love, and determination.
"Ambitious and assertive, Thornton draws strength from her upbringing and perserveres in her quest for success.....Candid and well-written."
--Kirkus Reviews |
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| Click here to purchase Something To Prove from amazon.com |
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| Vanity Fair Podcast - Listen to Dr. Thornton read an excerpt from her book here |
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| INSIDE INFORMATION FOR WOMEN |
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"Inside Information for Women" combines the wisdom gained from over 35 years of practice with her own personal experiences to provide an essential resource for women of all ages who desire a deeper understanding of how their bodies work.
Using a candid, enlightening approach and accessible language, along with the real-life stories of women, "Inside Information for Women" provides essential information that is found nowhere else.
This book empowers all women to become partners, not just patients, in the pursuit and maintenance of their optimum health.
"As invigorating as a breath of fresh air...a blend of no-nonsense information and hard-nosed opinion delivered in a respectful and intelligent professional manner."
--Publishers Weekly |
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| Click here to purchase Inside Information for Women from amazon.com |
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| "THE DITCHDIGGER'S DAUGHTERS" (synopsis) |
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From the tenements of East Harlem to the footlights of the Apollo Theatre to the halls of an Ivy League medical school, Dr. Thornton has written a family biography that is a modern Horatio Alger saga.
The book tells the true story about a black family of all girls that transcends race, color and gender to rekindle our belief in the American spirit and the human will to succeed despite adversity. Today, two daughters are physicians (high-risk obstetrician and psychiatrist), one an oral surgeon, one a nurse and one an attorney.
The book, "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" is a tribute to Dr. Thornton's father and celebrates her family's fulfillment of the American Dream.
Praise for THE DITCHDIGGER'S DAUGHTERS
"Inspirational"
--The New York Times Book Review |
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"This book not only tells the story of a black family's successes but also serves as a corrective to those who have underestimated the strength of the values that have historically enabled black families to survive and even thrive."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Dr. Thornton's story shows that a family that stays together, that holds fast to traditional values, can make a quantum leap up the social mobility scale in a single generation. This holds true no mater how poor a family may start out and no matter what the family's racial heritage."
--The Wall Street Journal
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"The remarkable power of family values as articulated by an uneducated black man and his wife is played out in this loving memoir. A tribute to an extraordinary father who transcended racial prejudice to raise appreciative daughters to be independent women."
--Publishers Weekly |
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| Click here to purchase The Ditchdigger's Daughters from amazon.com |
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| For an autographed copy of the The Ditchdigger's Daughters, click here |
