Ben Carson, Janet Benge
Ben Carson, Janet Benge
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Ben Carson
A Chance at Life

Author: Janet Benge

Narrator: Tim Gregory

Unabridged: 4 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2014

Synopsis

Ben visited Maranda's family the night before the young girl's brain surgery. He spoke to her parents, outlining the risks one last time. "The surgery should take about five hours. There's a strong likelihood that Maranda could bleed uncontrollably and die right there. Or she could survive and be paralyzed and never speak again. There is no way to know what will happen." As a child growing up in Detroit, Ben Carson has a dream of becoming a physician, a dream that rose out of struggles with poverty, racism, and poor grades. As Ben persevered and strove for academic excellence, his life became one of compassion and service. Today, Benjamin Carson, MD, is known as the American neurosurgeon with gifted hands. The first surgeon to successfully separate twins joined at the head, he directed pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital for over a quarter of a century. His life continues to be a model of what it means to care deeply, serve brilliantly, and lead courageously. (1951-) 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris on August 29, 2019

I listened to the audiobook and thought it would be a political book, it’s not. This book is a mostly positive account and high level overview of Carson’s like up to retirement from Hopkins. I knew of Ben Carson when he became politically active and when I learned of his childhood upbringing and wha......more

Goodreads review by Chandra on March 17, 2021

My boys and I found so many things interesting and amazing about Ben Carson's life and story. His tenacity was/is inspiring to us!......more

Goodreads review by Esther on September 29, 2022

Quite a few years ago, Mom read Gifted Hands to our family. It was an excellent book, but I always wondered what happened after the book ended. I assumed Mr. Carson went on and did more successful separation surgeries, but since I didn’t have access to any of his later works, I didn’t know for sure.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel Ray on September 17, 2024

A short and concise biography of Ben Carson, MD. It takes you through his childhood and the positive influence of his mother to work hard in school. He performed ground breaking brain surgeries and was the first to separate Siamese twins in 1987. He was awarded the Presidential Metal of Freedom by G......more

Goodreads review by Bridget on March 21, 2021

I read this aloud to my children as part of their homeschool history curriculum. We thoroughly enjoyed this book of an amazing man, Ben Carson. The authors really wove this biography as a story that we couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. We look forward to reading more biographies from thi......more

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