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A first-year medical student describes an anatomy class during which she studied the donated body of a cadaver dubbed "Eve," an experience that profoundly influenced her subsequent studies and understanding of the human form.
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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"
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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"
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.
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- PublisherPenguin Group USA
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1594201250
- ISBN 13 9781594201257
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages295
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