In my year
of birth, that best-selling book was Not
as a Stranger by Morton Thompson. I’ve
not read it but research suggests it is a melodramatic romance novel about a
young doctor who lives for medicine and sacrifices everything for his career. It describes his years at medical school, his
practice in a small town and his devoted self-sacrificing wife who works to
make their marriage a success. I did
find a review of the book:
A film
adaptation was made in 1955. It was Stanley
Kramer's directorial debut and featured Olivia de Havilland and Robert Mitchum
in the lead roles, backed by a stellar supporting cast including Frank Sinatra,
Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Charles Bickford, Lon Chaney, Jr., Harry
Morgan, and Lee Marvin.
So what
book was most popular in your birth year?
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