Training in Charity: Author Talk with Dr. Allen Saxon at The Book Stall

The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) welcomes local author and retired surgeon Dr. Allen Saxon to the store on Thursday, January 22 at 6:00 pm for a discussion featuring his new novel, Training in Charity, which captures what it meant to begin a life in medicine before computers and technology softened the edges—a time when skill was learned by doing and compassion was earned at the bedside. Dr. Saxon will be in-conversation with Steve Fiffer.

Since retiring as a general surgeon, Allen Saxon, MD, has had time to pursue two of his passions—creative writing and medical education. A graduate of Tulane Medical School, he has experienced the value of safety net hospitals to society first-hand, both to indigent populations and to those learning the art of medicine. He currently teaches at two medical schools: Northwestern University and Rosalind Franklin University. His novella, The Climber of Pointe du Hoc, was published in 2024. He lives in the Chicago area.

Steve Fiffer is a New York Times best-selling author whose books include his memoir Three Quarters, Two Dimes, and a Nickel, Jimmie Lee and James, and The Moment. The winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he is a graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago Law School.