Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 1, 1985

the long version

***Lovestrong : A Woman Doctor's True Story of Marriage and Medicine*** by Dorothy Greenbaum, M.D., and Deidre S. Laiken Marriage, motherhood, medicine—to some, the combination signaled disaster. To Dorothy Greenbaum, it meant the challenge of her life. But with her husband's love and support she would find the strength to go on, to achieve what others would call an impossible dream. ***Stillwatch*** by Mary Higgins Clark When pretty, auburn-haired Pay Traymore arrived in Washington, D.C., she had a number of goals in mind. One was to do a TV documentary on Senator Abigail Jennings, the woman most likely to become the next Vice President of the United States. Another was to uncover the truth about her own past. But as Pat sets out to document Senator Jennings' life—and unravel the mysteries of her own as well—she discovers that there is someone who will stop at nothing to see that the past stays buried. ***Crescent City*** by Belva Plain New Orleans lay before them: a new life in a new land on the eve of Civil War. ***The Wild Children*** by Felice Holman They were victims of the Russian Revolution. All they had left were one another and their dream of freedom. How these courageous children choose hope over despair—risking all for the chance of a better life—fills this tale with poignancy and suspense.