She is everyone's favorite sex therapist; a four-foot-seven dynamo who answers the most intimate questions with disarming candor and heartening warmth. Yet few really know the real Dr. Ruth-her loves, her losses, and the irrepressible spirit that has helped her through it all-until now. Meet the child orphaned by the Holocaust, the Israeli soldier wounded on her 20th birthday, and the extraordinary woman who has called five countries home. ALL IN A LIFETIME is the revealing autobiography of a fighter who has survived heartache with her spirit intact, including the shattering loss of her husband, and how she's learned to thrive.

Everyone knows Dr. Ruth as the most famous and trusted sex therapist, but few people know she narrowly escaped death from the Holocaust, was raised in an orphanage in Switzerland, or that she was a sniper during Israel's War of Independence. After years spent as a student in Paris, Dr. Ruth came to America dreaming of a new life though never expecting the dramatic turns that would take place. And at the age of eighty-seven, she is as spirited as ever. Through intimate and funny stories, Dr. Ruth sheds light on how she's learned to live a life filled with joie de vivre. And she shows readers how they too can learn to deal with tragedy and loss, challenges and success, all while nourishing an intellectual and emotional spark, and, above all, having fun! Hilarious, inspiring, and profound, The Doctor Is In will change the way you think about life and love, in all their limitless possibilities.