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The luminous true story of a friendship that shed the boundaries of the doctor-patient relationship and became less a confrontation with death than a celebration of the joys of life

When young gynecologic oncology fellow Lois Ramondetta was first summoned to the room of a new patient, neither she nor the forty-nine-year-old professor of religion she encountered named Deborah Sills thought they had much in common. They certainly had no idea that they were about to embark on a transcendent odyssey that would become a soul-deep friendship. Now their heartfelt story, The Light Within, follows these two women through a decade of friendship and "big lives"—husbands, children, friends, and careers—ultimately crossing the country and traveling to foreign lands, where they spoke and wrote together about the intersection of doctors, patients, and spirituality. Both women searched together and openly for answers with honesty and intimacy until Deborah passed away in the spring of 2006.

Rating : - A Spiritual Friendship
I purchased this for my Kindle after reading a reference to it in an AMAevoice email. Being a nurse and a nurse with many physician friends it intrigued me. Weeks after the book was delivered and waiting to be read I was diagnosed with cancer. I hesitated, should I read it now or after my surgery, after my radiation? I began to read, secure in the knowledge that if it became too painful I could always stop. I am so thankful I read it....it has become and will be an inspiration to me not only as a cancer patient, but as a nurse and as a friend.
I am thankful that these two wonderful women shared their friendship with the world, their joys, their sorrows, their dreams. Deb lives on thanks to the written word and in the hearts of those of us who have read this book. Dr. Lois I hope that you are able to pass on your legacy of compassion and caring to your students, interns and residents the medical profession is in need of more physicians like you.....thank you.