The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 0525537384
- ISBN-13
- 9780525537380
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Author
- Michele Harper
Description
"A series of connected personal stories drawn from the author's life and work as an ER doctor that explores how we are all broken--physically, emotionally, and psychically--and what we can do to heal ourselves as we try to heal others"--
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