The human insight medicine brings can form masters of the short story. Louise Aronson proves it again ... These are tales about people, as insightful as Lorrie Moore or Alice Munro

Independent

A less cute, more truthful version of Grey's Anatomy

Kirkus

Some of the most startling and memorable stories I've ever read … A fascinating study of our fragile human condition, both physical and emotional. Here is a writer - and a doctor - whose empathy for her people, her characters, springs forth on every page

Peter Orner, author of Love and Shame and Love

I devoured the stories … each one is written with a beautifully precise balance of clarity and insight. She combines a doctor's eye with a writer's heart

Elizabeth Day, author of Scissors, Paper, Stone