Morgenthaler, A Difficult Hero

Dunphy, Catherine

ISBN 10: 0394223918 / ISBN 13: 9780394223919

Published by Random House Canada, Toronto, 1996

About this Item

A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. ; Signed by the author and Morgenthaler on title page. Henry Morgenthaler is the Canadian physician who led the fight for abortion rights in Canada. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 645

Bibliographic Details

Title: Morgenthaler, A Difficult Hero

Publisher: Random House Canada, Toronto

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

"He lives with death threats; he's been jailed and mobbed, his clinics raided, torched and firebombed. He's changed one law and struck down another. He says he is a humanist, not a feminist. Dr Henry Morgentaler... unlikely hero of Canada"s most divisive issue - the right to legal and safe abortion..."

From the Back Cover:

Morgentaler: A Difficult Hero is the definitive biography of one of Canada’s most controversial personalities. Dr. Henry Morgentaler is the unlikely hero at the center of Canada’s most divisive issue—the right to legal and medically safe abortion—and a man of intense contradiction. He is a champion of women, a humanist, and a caring, compassionate doctor, beloved by patients from all social strata. Yet his relationships with friends, family, and lovers over the years have been troubled. Morgentaler is no easy hero, but he is an intriguing subject.

This book is the first to tell his story completely, in all its complexity. It traces the life of a man forced to face death at an early age in Auschwitz, a man who has chosen to live as a perpetual and deliberate outsider, and a man who may not himself understand why he feels he must go to battle for an issue that few Canadians are comfortable with. Morgentaler paints a fascinating portrait of a heroic Canadian figure, complex in his motivations, loved and hated for his central role in the country’s most dangerous debate.