Publisher's Synopsis
Mercy Jean Diamond was the fat, un-liked daughter of a good doctor and deranged mother who hated her. After ten-years of abuse and being the only child, Mercy is ecstatic when her parents have adorable sister Roxy Ann Diamond. Unfortunately, father Fred hates Mercy as much as his wife Maggie does. The Diamonds, blame Mercy for Roxy's tragic demise, while Mercy is focused at Yale, making front page news for being the first African-American to break untoward advances in medicine. Unlike her father Fred Diamond, a well-respected family practitioner, Mercy is a mad doctor that is pruned to remake dead sister Roxy. By the time "the great doctor" sets up shop in Parish, California, all hell is going to break loose. Will the brilliant Dr. Mercy J. Diamond succeed in her mad efforts to bring back sister Roxy as a clone? Or will her mad ambitions be her sad downfall?