Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science -- Atul Gawande, Paperback

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Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science -- Atul Gawande, Paperback2002 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction "No one writes about medicine as a human subject as well as Atul Gawande. His stories about becoming a surgeon are scary, funny, absorbing. Complications is a uniquely soulful book about the science of mending bodies." Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the Moon In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching view from the

and a few truly unforgettable pictures along the way

human identity

Inspired by the terrifying events

Lily Adler will need to find the connection between them quickly if she wants to stop a killer before it's too late

refreshing" (The New York Times Book Review) story about the importance of identity and understanding what you believe

"Has the pacing equivalent of perfect pitch

an aviary with exotic fowl

perfect crimes

a theme that would play out in her films as well as in her own life

but all is not how it should be

the first step to discovery is the same: to stare at the sky and wait

First published in 1952 and touted as "the novel of a love that society forbids