「为了日后能完全独立，我知道我必须先获得良好教育。在我那个年代，女人有三种最好的出路——老师、护士或医生。而我，选择当医生。」

　　在这本知名遗传学家徐裕芬教授的自传封面上，有这么一段感性的独白。出生于上海的她，历经二次大战与国共战争的劫难，在大陆颠沛流离，却始终不忘奋发求学。之后她辗转回到台湾，在台大医学院实践了她的梦想。毕业后转赴美国谋职，更历经了种种考验与磨难……

　　本书以感性口吻述说了这位台大校友波澜壮阔的一生，当中更富含不屈不挠的努力与圆融的人生智慧，值得推荐给每位读者。

Chapter 1 My Birth and My Parents
Chapter 2 My Aunt Wanted to Adopt Me
Chapter 3 The Years before the Japanese Invasion
Chapter 4 The War Started
Chapter 5 Frequent Air Raids
Chapter 6 The Years in Sichuan: I Started Schooling
Chapter 7 The Years before the End of the War
Chapter 8 Japan Surrendered
Chapter 9 Out Trip Back to Shanghai
Chapter 10 A Critical Period of My life
Chapter 11 The remaining time in Shanghai
Chapter 12 The high school days in Taiwan
Chapter 13 The College Entrance Examination
Chapter 14 Pre-med Years: Dating a Classmate
Chapter 15 A Student Physician” for My Parents
Chapter 16 Training in Psychiatry and an Engagement
Chapter 17 My First Year in the U.S.
Chapter 18 The Second Stop in the U.S.: San Antonio
Chapter 19 Married Life: The Birth of Our First Child
Chapter 20 Our First Year in New York: The Taste of Poverty
Chapter 21 My Fellowship Years From Endocrinology to
Cytogenetics
Chapter 22 Moments of Happiness and Moments of Sadness
Chapter 23 Dad`s Achievements after 70
Chapter 24 Climbing the Ladder: A Career in Academic Medicine
Chapter 25 My Family Life: Raising Three Children
Chapter 26 My Best Friend,Happy
Chapter 27 One Door Closed; Another Door Opened
Chapter 28 The Beginning of the New Endeavor
Chapter 29 The Emotional Trip to China in 1978
Chapter 30 Taste of Being Someone Important
Chapter31 The Years That Dad Lived with Us
Chapter32 Chromosome Mosaicism Became My Subspecialty
Chapter33 Work Stress and Health
Chapter34 Part of Me Died – Was It My Fault?
Chapter35 Life after PDL: The First Three Years
Chapter36 My Grace Is Sufficient for Thee
Chapter37 Approaching the Golden Years