Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab - Softcover

Montross, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143113666 ISBN 13: 9780143113669

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

A "gleaming, humane" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student

Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags was initially unnerving. But once Montross met her cadaver, she found herself intrigued by the person the woman once was and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. They called her Eve. The story of Montross and Eve is a tender and surprising examination of the mysteries of the human body, and a remarkable look at our relationship with both the living and the dead.

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Review:

a Eloquent and persuasive. . . . The author dissects her own emotions as deftly as she does . . . the cadaver, her pen as revelatory as her scalpel.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"
aAn exceptionally thoughtful memoir . . . [a] beautiful book.a
a"The Washington Post"
aUnflinching . . . insightful . . . sparklingly lucid.a
a"Entertainment Weekly"

Eloquent and persuasive. . . . The author dissects her own emotions as deftly as she does . . . the cadaver, her pen as revelatory as her scalpel.
"The New York Times Book Review"
An exceptionally thoughtful memoir . . . [a] beautiful book.
"The Washington Post"
Unflinching . . . insightful . . . sparklingly lucid.
"Entertainment Weekly"

? Eloquent and persuasive. . . . The author dissects her own emotions as deftly as she does . . . the cadaver, her pen as revelatory as her scalpel.?
?"The New York Times Book Review"

?An exceptionally thoughtful memoir . . . [a] beautiful book.?
?"The Washington Post"

?Unflinching . . . insightful . . . sparklingly lucid.?
?"Entertainment Weekly"

Synopsis:

This title is in a Mp3 CD Format. This is a hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open. Christine Montross brings an uncommon perspective to the emotional difficulty of the first year of medical school, and her disturbing, often entertaining anecdotes enrich this exquisitely crafted memoir, endowing an eerie beauty to the world of a doctor-in-training.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143113666
• ISBN 13: 9780143113669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320