Dangerous Medicine Medicine for the ..., Jeff Stookey
Dangerous Medicine Medicine for the ..., Jeff Stookey
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Dangerous Medicine (Medicine for the Blues)

Author: Jeff Stookey

Narrator: Michael Self

Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2020


Synopsis

Dangerous Medicine, Book 3 of the trilogy Medicine for the Blues

In a time when homosexuals had to hide their identity, Dr. Carl Holman's standing with the prestigious clinic where he works is strained to the breaking point by pressures from the Ku Klux Klan, societal expectations to marry and have children, and other forces beyond his control. As his compassion compels him to treat unorthodox cases, involving addiction, birth control, and child abuse, he is pushed to make increasingly difficult decisions about his professional and domestic affairs. Can Carl and those he loves find a way to live authentic lives in this hostile world?

This is Book 3 of Medicine for the Blues, an LGBT historical novel trilogy. Based on extensive period research, Dangerous Medicine continues the exploration of the gay world of 1920s in Portland, Oregon. Set against the dramatic backdrop of this influential era, this final volume brings to a close the touching gay love story that began in Book 1 Acquaintance.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Coy on May 20, 2023

Best yet Having finished all three novels, I feel this one was the best. Having this picture of lives of "homosexuals" a hundred years ago has given me a greater appreciation for those who came before. For anyone reading this review who has not read the book yet. I used the term "homosexual" because......more

Goodreads review by Rolf on November 27, 2018

This book is my favorite of this excellently written trilogy about a gay doctor living in Portland Oregon in the twenties, when the KKK was on the rise. Each novel builds on the tensions from the previous novel, as both the white supremacy and Chicago criminal antagonists from the other two novels c......more

Goodreads review by Debby on March 05, 2025

Wonderful exploration of a historical time that, in spite of some of its richness and beauty, we never want to go back to because of its repression of love stories like the one featured in this novel. This story features characters the reader will root for and remember long after they finish this bo......more