In Limbo, Kharpathia, Two Novellas

About the Book

Roger Groves has been practicing medicine for thirty-five years. He graduated from Haverford College received a Master’s Degree in English Literature from Temple University and studied medicine in Lausanne, Switzerland. Kharpathia and In Limbo are his first literary efforts. He lives outside of Philadelphia and has three daughters and two grandsons.

Kharpathia is set in Eastern Europe and in the United States during the late nineteenth century. The story resolves around several families and their friends, adjusting to the rapid changes of that era. These include political upheaval, decline of the old order, immigration to the United States and the erosion of traditional values.

In Limbo is the story of a middle-aged physician who finds himself struggling with the terminal illness of an old friend, the challenges of coping with the maturing process of his two young adult children as will as his own mortality.

About the Author