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Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - 6:00pm
The Garden District Book Shop is pleased to announce an evening celebrating the release of New Orleans native and renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. James Ciaravella Jr.’s recent historical work, “Charity’s Children: The Long Days and Nights of the Iron Men,” on May 25 at The Rink (2727 Prytania St.)
“Charity’s Children’ is a love letter to the once great ‘Big Charity’ hospital, recounting the stories of people trained there and those who were healed by her staff. More personally, the book recounts the true story of Ciaravella’s journey to become a cardiovascular surgeon, from early years at Tulane medical school through his year as chief resident at Charity Hospital, which is one of the world s largest teaching hospitals. The book is set in the early days of cardiac surgery, the late 1960s through 1970s, when the technology of today was not yet available. Readers will be taken through Ciaravella’s past from his first low