That's My Bellybutton

'That's My Belly Button" is a book of memoirs that finds its voice in both serious and humorous anecdotes, conversations, case histories, personal views, serendipitous events, and caricatures of patients treated in the office and hospital over a period of 35 years. The book creates a unique view of childhood and pediatrics as seen by the pediatrician-from the inside out.

Niel Aronson lives with his wife, Evelyn, in Skokie, Illinois, on the outskirts of Chicago in an "empty nest" full of many books, telephone jacks, dragons, original art and unfinished projects. He has two daughters who attended Niles North High School, an