The Best Gift: Tales of a Small-Town Doctor Learning Life's Greatest Lessons, Paperback

When Walt Larimore, MD, moved his young family to Kissimmee, Florida, to start a small-town medical practice in 1985, he had no idea he was embarking on an enterprise that would change his life in ways both large and small. Dr. Larimore shared some of these heartwarming and heartbreaking tales in The Best Medicine. Now he offers up more charming stories of his time as a family physician in a rural, small-yet-growing town in The Best Gift.

Ideal for anyone wrestling with the inevitable and difficult storms of life, as well as fans of Dr. Larimore's popular Bryson City series, The Best Gift is a tender and insightful collection of stories chronicling one young doctor's spiritual growth as a physician, husband, father, and community member. Filled with characters colorful and crusty, warmhearted and hotheaded, witty and winsome, these captivating stories glow with drama, heartbreak, warmth, love, and humor. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll learn some of life's greatest lessons. And you'll wish Dr. Larimore was your doctor.

About author(s):Walt Larimore, MD, has been a family physician for nearly 40 years. The bestselling author of the Bryson City books and The Best Medicine, he has been called "one of America's best-known family physicians" and was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from Marquis Who's Who in 2019. He writes a bimonthly health column, "Ask Dr. Walt," for Today's Christian Living magazine and formerly hosted the Ask the Family Doctor show on Fox's Health Network. He has been a guest on a wide variety of television and radio shows, including The Today Show, CBS's Morning Show, CNN's Anderson Cooper 360, and several Fox News programs. Dr. Larimore currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.