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Aug 31, 2022joyful2743 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wonderful memoir from a black, female, ER Doctor. She gives a real picture of life in the ER. Also she shows what a childhood she had. She use meditation, yoga and a healthy life-style to deal with everything in her life.
Oct 28, 2021mnack_0 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Dr. Harper has some beautifully written passages. However, I get the distinct feeling that she only pulls back the curtain on the parts of her life that she wants us to see. We never hear how she makes the transition from traumatized…
Jun 20, 2021ethos57 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book immediately drew me in with Dr. Harper exposing the dysfunctional behavior of her father, an MD, who terrorized the family and physically and mentally abused his wife and family. Her resilience endured such encounters and even an…
Feb 16, 2021
er doc and what he learned
Nov 14, 2020lilypad_1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A lovely memoir that focuses more on her journey to healing than the abuse. She also gives us inside look at how poverty, systemic racism and lack of health care bring people down and keep them down and ideas how to problem solve. I do…
Oct 31, 2020laphampeak rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In order to overcome our past physical and emotional pain Harper, through her experience as an ER doc, inspires us to come from a place of compassion. We can learn to observe with empathy and discernment once our veil of blame and self…
Oct 24, 2020carolwu96 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Michele Harper, a @harvard alumna and emergency room medic, seems to have attained all the accomplishments one could wish for. However, less is known of her traumatic childhood with an abusive father and a passive mother, her unexpected…
Aug 29, 2020sjanke2 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
There have been many medical memoirs published over the last few years, such as When Breath Becomes Air and Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End. This memoir is unique with a useful premise: Dr. Michelle Harper, a Black…
Aug 16, 2020krsbozo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
An interesting story from an African American woman and her life as a doctor in the ER and various administrative positions in hospitals. She is quite open about her experiences there with misogyny and racism. She also talks openly about…
Jul 12, 2020
can we get as an ebook? PLEEEEAASEEEEE