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This Won't Hurt A Bit: (And Other White Lies): My Education In Medicine And Motherhood (2011)

by Michelle Au(Favorite Author)

3.93 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0446538248 (ISBN13: 9780446538244)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Grand Central Publishing

review 1: Dr. Michelle Au gives an up close and personal account of her medical education, and all that it entails on the road to becoming a doctor, wife, and mother. Her story is eye opening, blunt, funny, touching, and inspiring. Made me even more appreciative for the sacrifices a dedicated doctor goes through, particularly a woman...who has a baby during her residency...who's husband is also in his residency. I'm exhausted just thinking about it!! Interesting read.
review 2: This book is so funny and so honest. It is a great look at the lives that medical students/residents and their spouses experience. It also is a very real look at women who work hard to achieve careers that have a very long, very hard, and very expensive roads with a slow monetary payout that might... more not slow down until their 40s or 50s. How do these women balance the desire for children and families with the passion for medicine and wanting to actually participate in the career they have worked so long and hard for?This is Michelle's story of how she experienced medical school and residency and beyond while meeting her husband and having children. The writing was funny, poignant, and easy to read (she makes the medicine accessible to the layman). I highly recommend to anyone who is in medicine or loves someone in a medical career. It will help you understand the highs and lows of the long road. less

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