The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story ***SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!!***

Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D. As Told to Jo Coudert

ISBN 10: 0452276195 / ISBN 13: 9780452276192

Published by A Plume Book/Published by the Penguin Group, New York, London, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, et al., 1996

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261 pp. SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!! Clean, unmarked pages. Smooth, uncreased cover. Shows minor wear. Some fading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story ***SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!!***
• Publisher: A Plume Book/Published by the Penguin Group, New York, London, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, et al.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452276195
• ISBN 13: 9780452276192
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Plume Printing, May 1996
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: SIGNED BY AUTHOR!!! With Inscr

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Synopsis

A biography by a New Jersey doctor tells how her parents, who held down multiple jobs and transmitted strong values to their six daughters, inspired them to reach success.

"I Love You Better Than I Love Life..."
 
         ...Donald Thorntontold his six daughters. "But I'm not always gonna be around to lookafter you, and no man's gonna come along and offer to take care of youbecause you ain't light-skinned. That's why you gotta be able to lookafter yourselves. And for that you gotta be smart." 
         TheDitchdigger's Daughters is an inspiring portrait by a loving daughter of a father whose pervasive common sense, folk wisdom, and untutored butright-on insights gave his children their road map to a better life. Itis the story of a man who dared to dream that his black daughters wouldsomeday become doctors--and who guided them to achieve the seeminglyimpossible goals he set for them. 
         From the tenements of East Harlem to the footlights of the Apollo Theatre to the halls of an Ivy Leaguemedical school, Dr. Yvonne Thornton has written a family biography thatis as moving as it is inspiring. Here is the story of a poor blackfather and his unimaginable dream of seeing all six of his daughtersbecome doctors; of the wisdom and guidance that gave his girls thestrength to keep striving; and of the remarkable way that each one ofthem transcended race, color, and gender to fulfill the promise of theAmerican Dream.

About the Author

Yvonne S. Thornton, M.D., obtained her medical degree from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with honors. She is director of the Perinatal Diagnostic Testing Center at Morristown, New Jersey, and an associate physician at Rockefeller University Hospital. She lives with her husband and two children in Teaneck, New Jersey.