{"product_id":"tell-me-i-belong-a-journey-across-faiths-and-generations-9781454961833","title":"Tell Me I Belong: A Journey Across Faiths and Generations","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this heart-wrenching memoir by a renowned transplant doctor who grew up without religion, a journey of self-discovery as he uncovers his family's past.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e David Weill grew up in New Orleans the only son of a world-famous Jewish pulmonologist and a Southern Baptist mother. Religion was never discussed in his home, and as a young child, Weill always felt something was amiss--that he never quite fit in with either his Christian or Jewish friends. These feelings stayed with him even as he became the head of heart and lung transplant at Stanford University, which lead to two journeys of discovery: first, converting to Catholicism, and then embarking on an intense search for his Jewish roots after he discovered his mother had converted. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author takes the reader on his journey--hiring investigators in Berlin, who found his grandfather's records of his time imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp; a heart-wrenching trip to Berlin to find his father's first home--and ultimately does the internal work to define himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Weill \u003c\/b\u003eis the former director of the Center for Advanced Lung Disease and Lung and Heart-Lung Transplant Program at Stanford University Medical Center. He is currently the principal of the Weill Consulting Group, which focuses on improving the delivery of pulmonary, ICU, and transplant care. Dr. Weill's writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, USA Today, Salon, Newsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, STAT\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post, The Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He also has been interviewed on Fox News and CNN and by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His first memoir, \u003ci\u003eExhale: Hope, Healing, and A Life in Transplant\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in May 2021. His most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eAll That Really Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, published in June of 2024. He lives with his wife and their two daughters in New Orleans.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764087685394,"sku":"9781454961833","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41bc765d-e534-428e-9e94-ff7e33605f7a.jpg?v=1764753066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tell-me-i-belong-a-journey-across-faiths-and-generations-9781454961833","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}