She's Part of Us
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She’s Part of Us, written by Charlene Thamaravelil, is a fiction novel. As a reader, you will find yourself on a bowing 747 travelling across the Atlantic at a speed of 600 miles per hour. The writer is bringing forth Dr. David V. Abraham out from Kashmir, a land run by seers, sages, tradition, and sagas of a faith, real or unreal to the rest of the world. Amid this paradox of beauty and sadness, there lives a people wholly dedicated to a land and a culture as old as time itself. Dr. Abraham is looking toward the front.
Flashing across the screen is Mt. Everest, one of the greatest challenges to mankind. Dr. Abraham will face a challenge almost as big. In this novel, like the movie Beaches, the main character is a singer. He has a thriving country Music career, which is exploding before his eyes. Will it be medicine or music for Dr. Abraham?
For Dr. Abraham finding a diagnosis for Elizabeth becomes an obsession. It almost seems that a cure for this little girl is the deciding factor for his career in medicine. Will he defy his family elders and follow his heart? Little does he realize that his own heart will have a journey to make? He has to prove to himself which is most important—medicine or music.
You will find yourself standing at the bedside of a little girl who has Celiac. Elizabeth has just had six Inches removed from her colon and is lying so lifeless. Elizabeth is a little Orphan girl, but Misty, her Caretaker, loves her with all her heart. By this time, Dr. Abraham is the attending Physician. Misty will take you through a challenge of her own. Your heart will be touched as you watch Misty Wake up from a deep sleep after donating an organ for the little girl. She wakes up to the sounds of a song. It is Dr. Abraham singing a song belonging to Bobby Goldsboro. “Though the blending of two others gave her birth…..we will love her always….” He was speaking of Elizabeth. “You and I will be the family she has never had…”
Misty grew up in the Ozarks with Mark and is soon engaged to Mark, a young man who is in the Air Force, serving his country. He gets his orders for Vietnam. What happens to him? Why doesn’t Misty hear from him? How does he make his way back? Perhaps it is the magic of the Old Box Elder Tree that helps to pull him back. He helps to solve a mystery surrounding Misty and himself.
You will find yourself standing before a wishing well in Hawaii. A double rainbow is arched overhead. You’ll find yourself on the streets of Kashmir, clamoring along in a rickshaw, trying to get through the crowd. This particular rickshaw is motorized, while others are pulled by a man or by oxen. Standing out most of all is the cream colored taxi, honking furiously trying to get through the crowded street.
Dr. Abraham turns his attention once again toward the front of the plane. The screen is still showing Mt. Everest with its snowcapped peaks, reaching for the blue of the sky. He can see the foot of the mountain and the great Vale of Kashmir, a beautiful region of the East. David’s heart becomes tender as he watches the people rushing to and fro. Many are working for their daily meal. Ladies in their colorful flowing sadees, and men in their moonds (skirts) are simply walking along. Winding in and out are the bikes, with their bells dinging, as a warning for everyone to move over. Perhaps impressing Dr. Abraham Most of all is the Priest in his long, colorful, flowing robe running to catch the bus. In Dr. Abraham’s land the Hindu, the Moslem, and the Christian must all live together and find some kind of harmony.
Coming to America had been his lifelong dream, and now suddenly his heart was overwhelmed. Leaving his family behind had been most difficult, but now the thought of placing his feet upon American soil made his heart race. “What a dream” he sighed. “Soon to be fulfilled.” Placing a pen into his shirt pocket, he leaned against his guitar case and turned his attention toward the movie once again.
This novel is a romance filled with unusual emotions and held together with an unusual bond. The wisest man who ever lived once said, “Love is as strong as death” and that is the kind of love felt in this novel. He also said, ”Many waters cannot quench love; nor can the floods drown it…” Solomon would have been pleased.
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About the Book
She’s Part of Us is a work of fiction. David V. Abraham is the main character. He is a singer, just like in the movie Beaches.
Dr. Abraham’s heart has a journey to take. Staying In the field of medicine would be the proper thing to do; however, his new found love of music brought to him the world of bright lights and glamor.
To marry or not to marry an American girl is his biggest dilemma. He didn’t plan it that way, but while working alongside Misty he fell in love with her. But getting married to her would mean defying his family elders, which he had no intention of doing. Misty is the nurse who takes care of Elizabeth, a little girl with celiac disease.
Dr. Abraham makes his decision while standing over Elizabeth and singing to her with all his might. He is singing one of Bobby Goldsboro’s songs. “Though the blending of two other people gave her birth; we will love her with all our hearts …”
Mark is Misty’s friend with whom she grew up, and he is in the air force. They are engaged; however, he gets shipped out to Vietnam and leaves without saying good bye.
About the Author
Charlene Thamaravelil is a graduate of Creighton College in Memphis, Tennessee. She was born and grew up in the Ozarks during the Vietnam War. After getting married to a man from South India, she travelled to Europe and India several times. Her main interests are literature and history.
She has three grown children and six grandchildren; Mathew and Michael are the two younger ones, while Mary Ann is the oldest and suffers from celiac disease. The doctors at one point simply gave up on her, but as parents, they stood by her bed side in fearful anticipation. They never stopped hoping and praying. “Heal her, oh, God, and we will praise you forever” was their prayer.