Explore Dr. Janet Tamaren's New Book

A Yankee Doctor In the Bible Belt: A Memoir

Dr. Tamaren, who practiced medicine for 20 years in rural Kentucky, shares her adventures (and misadventures) in a humorous memoir of small-town doctoring.

"I had finally finished my training. I was done with the Big City Hospital and the 80-hour weeks as a resident. I could pick up the pieces of my life at home and maybe see my children on a regular basis. Accepting the position as a physician in a rural community that required an hour-long drive from where I currently lived became a treat—no calling Dr. Tamaren on the overhead paging system that blasted through the hospital. The peace of the countryside was a gift."

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