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The Beauty in Breaking

by Michele Harper, M.D.

  • Penguin Random House
  • 2020
  • ISBN: 978-0525537380
  • 304 pages
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The Beauty in Breaking
About the Book

An African American emergency room physician reflects on how “the chaos of emergency medicine” helped her come to terms with a painful past and understand the true nature of healing. ebook icon Audio book icon

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About the Author

Michele Harper has worked as an emergency room physician for more than a decade at various institutions, including as chief resident at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and in the emergency department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. The Beauty in Breaking is her first book.

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