A father struggling to reconnect with his estranged son. A fading writer dealing with the sudden success of his younger pianist wife. A Jewish man who pulls away from his group on a guided tour of Vienna.

These are just a few of the characters you'll find within the pages of "Termites: Their Deeper Meaning"-each inspired by a hundred real and imagined people from the life of family doctor L. J. Schneiderman.

Far from your ordinary "doctor book," "Termites" blends reality and imagination to explore a variety of complex stories and life issues. The result is a collection of literary...