An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself.
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.
"Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring." --The New York Times Book Review
"The Beauty in Breaking takes us into the life in an
emergency room--the drama, the adrenaline, the emotion--with such
immediacy that I could not help but be completely enthralled by the
individual stories of the patients that Michele Harper treats. But
this powerful, poignant page-turner of a book also tells a much
larger and universal story about how healing actually happens, not
just for broken bodies but for broken hearts and souls. In sharing
the stories of her patients and her own life, Harper shows us that
that healing begins only after we are broken open ourselves. And
she shows us with hopeful, heartbreaking clarity that it comes from
healing each other." --Kerry Egan, author of On Living
"The Beauty in Breaking is a compelling page-turner about
how Dr. Michele Harper took a broken childhood and wove herself
into a strong, honest, compassionate doctor. A must read." --Louann
Brizendine, MD, author of The Female Brain
"Tackling such painful subjects as domestic abuse, trauma, and
racism with grace and wisdom, this eloquent book probes the human
condition as it chronicles a woman's ever evolving spiritual
journey. A profoundly humane memoir from a thoughtful doctor."
--Kirkus Reviews "Taking on the painful topics of trauma,
domestic abuse, and the 'ubiquitous microaggressions faced by
people of color, ' Harper witnesses the resilience of the human
spirit of her patients and begins her own process of self-healing.
. . . This powerful story will resonate with readers."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Harper's words inspire
hope and understanding of the importance of peace and acceptance of
the past. Poignant, helpful, and encouraging, [her] lessons from
life in and outside of the emergency room ultimately teach readers
how to trust the healing process." --Library Journal
"In this illuminating memoir, an African American emergency room
doctor finds that her patients' stories lead her to make
connections between her work and the larger world." --Shelf
Awareness "A book for our times, Harper's debut is a compelling
memoir about her life as a Black woman emergency room doctor and
how that work overlaps with the complexities of life. Harper
explores hurt and healing, race and gender, justice and hope with
candor and compassion." --Ms. Magazine "Inspiring." --Parade
"A moving, beautifully written memoir." --New York Post
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