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    You Only See the Stars at Night: A Memoir Told In Tweets
    You Only See the Stars at Night: A Memoir Told In Tweets
    You Only See the Stars at Night: A Memoir Told In Tweets
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    You Only See the Stars at Night: A Memoir Told In Tweets

    By Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy

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    This eBook is an autobiography about how one woman overcame life's many obstacles to become a leader in the medical community. Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy, a single mother, went back to school and eventually graduated from medical school to become a top breast cancer surgeon. She is the Founder and President of the Breast Health and Healing Foundation and is one of the few proponents of the research behind the breast cancer virus and the first preventive breast cancer vaccine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateSep 20, 2013
    ISBN9781483508146
    You Only See the Stars at Night: A Memoir Told In Tweets

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      You Only See the Stars at Night - Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy

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      You Only See The Stars At Night

      April 29, 1952: I am born, early. My mother delivers me, her first child, at 6:15 a.m., in Richmond Virginia. It was a long labor.

      My mother is Italian and beautiful; my father is Irish handsome and charming. He’s a pilot. She’s a homemaker.

      June 1, 1953: My first sister is born. Her name is Mary Ellen.

      September 7, 1954: My second sister is born. Her name is Barbara. We now live in Alexandria, Virginia.

      We children grow up orbiting a warring ellipse created by a man and a woman who are deeply disturbed and angry.

      My mother, an industrious homemaker, irons everything in sight, including her apron. Dad seems a vision of adventure.

      My first experiment, age 3: I put a bobby pin into a light socket while Dad sits nearby reading a newspaper.

      Christmas, 1957: My paternal grandparents, Marge and Pop Pop come stay with us for the holidays. I love Marge.

      Marge knits an outfit for my new baby doll, dresses her in it, and puts the doll on the sofa for me to find in the morning. True love.

      September, 1958: First day of school. I am to attend St. Louis Catholic Elementary School. I’m excited to be going somewhere.

      I wait for the bus at the curb in front of my house, sitting in a little chair I place there right next to the mailbox.

      A girl who doesn’t know how to wait comfortably and patiently has no future.

      1958-1962: Catholic school, ugh. I know my parents thought it was best, but only sin and guilt are taught or learned.

      Largely, the nuns are loathsome and the priests remote. Seldom fun, often scary, they wring my spirit nearly dry.

      April, 1960: Another sister is born. Her name is Maureen. We older three girls like to dress her up like a doll.

      1962: We move to Florida where I get to go to public school. I can’t believe the difference: to learn in freedom is sublime.

      No one talks of sin, they talk of space - the Space Program. For the first time, I am completely happy and my spirits soar.

      1963: I love Florida but Mom can’t stand it, so we return to Virginia. I am crushed by grief: back down into the mine.

      1965: Eighth grade. A brand new junior high school opens in my neighborhood and I get to go there. Thank God.

      My first boyfriend, Stanley Page, lasts 3 weeks. Why? He wants a girl who’s a whole lot prettier and 10 times dumber.

      I am a straight A student – schoolwork is always easy for me. But

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