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Gifted Hands
Book by Dr. Ben Carson
Not to be confused with the film adaptation of the same name, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story or simply Gifted Hands is an autobiographical book about the success story of Dr.
Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and future politician, and his life going from a failing student to leading a team of surgeons in the first known separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head.[1] Co-written by Ben Carson and Cecil Murphey,[2]Gifted Hands was adapted into a film of the same name by director Thomas Carter in 2009.
Gifted hands ben carson biography
In the film, Dr. Carson was portrayed by actor Cuba Gooding Jr.[3]
Plot
The book is based on the real events during the life of Dr. Carson. It is written in the first-person and describes how Ben, an African-American boy from the Detroit ghettos achieves success and fame as a world-class pediatric neurosurgeon.
It begins when, at age 8, Ben's father le