This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood

Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER...
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This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood by Au, Michelle

This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood

$29.00

This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood

$29.00
Author: Michelle Au
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people."

This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor.

It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous, from the heartwarming to the obscene. Unlike most medical memoirs, however, this one details the author's struggles to maintain a life outside of the hospital, in the small amount of free time she had to live it. And, after she and her husband have a baby early in both their medical residencies, Au explores the demands of being a parent with those of a physician, two all-consuming jobs in which the lives of others are very literally in her hands.

Au's stories range from hilarious to heartbreaking and hit every note in between, proving more than anything that the creation of a new doctor (and a new parent) is far messier, far more uncertain, and far more gratifying than one could ever expect.

Author: Michelle Au
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 05/11/2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780446538244


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2011
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 9

About the Author
Michelle Au graduated from Wellesley College in 1999, received her M.D. from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2003, and completed her residency in anesthesiology at the Columbia University Medical Center in Manhattan. She is married to Dr. Joseph Walrath, has two sons, and lives in Atlanta, where she is an anesthesiologist in a private practice.

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