Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a family practice physician in this day and age? If so, this is not to be missed!
Dr. Norah Waters, at age 58, is wondering about her life choices. Working as a partner in a local clinic in Phoenix, she is fed up with everything. A bit bitter and a lot overwhelmed with all of the job responsibilities, she wonders if it is time for her to retire. Trying to juggle the staff, mentor two medical students, see her patients, attend a volunteer medical school admissions committee, and wonder why her accounts billable seem to be tanking are taking her to the edge. Is she burnt out and crispy done or does she still want to continue. All she knows is that something has to change.
Told in the first person, I fell in love with Norah. Her narrative voice, the humor, and her acerbic comments on just about everything really rang true. I loved all the medical and clinical details and enjoyed her interactions with the other characters in this novel. As a registered nurse, I could really appreciate the situations Norah found herself in and could relate to so much of how things have really changed in the practice of medicine over the last couple of decades. This book has a lot of heart and the reader understands that only an author such as Sandra Cavallo Miller has the credentials and experience to write it with such authenticity.
I've read and loved all of this author's previous books and eagerly await the next one. Thank you to NetGalley and University of Nevada Press for this e-book ARC to read, review, and recommend.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Genre - contemporary fiction, medicine
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