The Book Mistresses​​

  "The only people who think you are a doctor are you and your mom.' Not exactly the warm welcome I looked for. But I was just a naive Wisconsin boy, fresh out of medical school and new to Oakland, California. I chose highland Hospital for my surgical internship: an entire year filled with sick patients, brutal work hours, more brutal staff surgeons, and flawed attempts to maintain a long-distance relationship. Yet, somehow it's a work of nonfictional comedy.

  But this adventure isn't just crazy hospital anecdotes or what it takes to become a surgeon. It's a coming of age tale about learning what it means to become a caregiver. Sure, I worked 40 hours without sleep, but that is only one of the ways they tried to kill me. Their real evil was crushing the enthusiam and compassion of their trainees. I struggled to reain a "normal" human while joining a fraternity of holier-than-thou surgeons, and nothing grounded me more than trying to cope with the illnesses of my own family.

  If this book proves anything, it's 'Laughter is the best medicine, but surgery is a close second.'."

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