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From thebahamasweekly.com - Arts & Culture
Nassau, Bahamas - A unique memoir was launched at the College of The Bahamas’ Chapter One bookstore on Friday November 20, as one of the nation’s widely respected medical practitioners is making regional literary history. This, his third book, titled “Westward: The Walk of a Bahamian Doctor” is set to become the first publicly available memoir written by a medical professional native to the West Indies. His story spans four generations of a Bahamian family from nineteenth-century out-island farmers to city professionals at the turn of the century. It pays homage to a father who became the first Bahamian civil engineer, to a mother who entered the work force with only a primary school education and to the village that raised them. It is packed with pearls such as the Bahamian contribution to the success of Campbell's Soup and accounts of shocking crimes like the murder that led two young American men to the gallows at Nassau’s Fox Hill Prison. Dr. Munnings describes his medical school training and gives a portrait of the life of an intern. Readers will find this account of a Bahamian doctor’s journey to be fascinating and entertaining. Dr. Harold Munnings was born at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau and he now works there and at a private clinic as a consultant gastroenterologist. He is the author of “Princess Margaret Hospital: The Story of a Bahamian Institution” and “Bellyache: A History of Gastroenterology in The Bahamas.” His latest book is available at Chapter One bookstore, Logos bookstore and Grosvenor Medical Centre, and online at www.munningswestward.com.
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