The book is called “Gifted Hands” because of Carson’s call to become a surgeon. This calling leads him to Yale University as a pre-medical student, the University of Michigan Medical School, and eventually to Johns Hopkins as a resident. Woven throughout his childhood vignettes is his interest in becoming a doctor, which he describes as a calling. He tells of the struggles faced by his family early in his life, including being raised by a single mother and living in poverty in Detroit. This is particularly notable as he recounts the separation of the conjoined twins, as he emphasizes the teamwork required and focuses on the success of the group much more than his own abilities. Carson does this well, and deserves credit for his ability to accurately recount his numerous accomplishments without once sounding conceited or arrogant. Writing about oneself objectively can be a difficult task, and I would imagine that it is even more difficult when one is a world-renowned surgeon. Perhaps his most noteworthy characteristic, evident throughout the book, is his humility. Carson is shown to be an honest and down-to-earth person, and his way of writing is a testament to his consistency of character. Through his own account, as well as a brief snippet from one of his patients, Dr. His prose is straightforward, conversational and very readable. Carson’s personality is evident through his writing style. The story of these accomplishments is told by Dr. Even so, his medical stories are fascinating, and his contribution to neurosurgery cannot be overstated. Those with some medical background, including medical students, will find his accounts lacking an abundance of detail, as the book was clearly written to a broader audience. Carson writes about the field in a way that non-medical readers can easily grasp. Although the greatest portion of the book is about medicine, Dr. “Gifted Hands” is the nonfiction account of Ben Carson’s life story, beginning with his earliest childhood memories and following him through his appointment to Johns Hopkins faculty at the impressive age of 33. Although he personally accomplished or was connected to many remarkable achievements, he is best known for his cutting-edge work in neurosurgery, particularly for performing hemispherectomies and separating conjoined twins. Carson, now retired, formerly worked as a clinical faculty member at Johns Hopkins University as the chief of pediatric neurosurgery. In his autobiographical work “Gifted Hands,” the pediatric neurosurgeon outlines his fascinating life journey - one filled with inspiration, adversity and spirituality.ĭr. In the case of Ben Carson, both of are true. The other side to this is that if you do love Ben Carson for his life story and want to know more then this is the book for you.Some people’s life stories are worth writing down because of one thing or several things they did that had a historical significance others are worth writing because of the diverse experiences and interesting stories that filled their lives.
Then another draw back is that most people wont read the book only because most people don't know who made this book unless they did some research on Ben Carson. The good thing is I was able to finish the book without guessing about the last part of the book. I was about half way through the book before I started to lose interest in this book so about 2-3 days after not reading the book I finally made myself finish the book. The book was great but there also was some downfall to this book. Other than that it is one of my favorite books so far to read and I recommend this book to anyone that has a huge goal that they think they cant do. the one thing to this book people may not like is that if you not dedicated to read this book then you will lose interest in this book. Another thing is if you think that your goal cannot be achieve this is one of the books that gives you the strength to try to reach your goal no matter how big is your goal. I think it shines more to people who want to learn about him who loves his story about how he went from a child that was struggling in school to self teaching himself through books to become a neurosurgeon. The book, "Gifted Hands" was a good book.
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