Wednesday's Child: The Autobiography, Musings, and Rants of a Contemporary Physician - Part Two

Wednesday’s Child, Part Two: Manhood continues the raw, irreverent, and unflinching journey of a contemporary physician.

In this powerful personal memoir, Dr. Alan N. DeCarlo takes readers deep inside the brutal world of 1970s medical training at Saint Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan. From his chaotic first night on call — when his very first patient died — through endless thirty-six-hour shifts, inner-city emergency room mayhem, and the harsh realities of residency, he delivers candid doctor life stories filled with dark humor, heartbreak, and hard-won wisdom.

Blending sharp social and political commentary with profound thoughts about life and death, Dr. DeCarlo explores the two-tiered healthcare system, the limits of modern medicine, addiction, and the tragic-comic frailty of the human condition. He confronts everything from faith-healing scams and the Reverend Ike’s prayer cloths to the slow, devastating toll of Alzheimer’s on his own family.

This medical memoir is both deeply personal and universally relatable. Whether recounting absurd hospital encounters, the high emotional cost of night call, or the quiet struggles of aging parents, Dr. DeCarlo writes with the same irreverence, honesty, and self-deprecating humor that defined Part One.

Perfect for readers who enjoy personal stories & memoirs, memoirs about life experiences, religion and science debate, history of religion books, social issues books, and science & spirituality — this is a book that challenges assumptions while celebrating the messy beauty and resilience of a single human life.

Wednesday’s Child, Part Two invites you to laugh, reflect, and confront life’s hardest truths — without ever looking away.