Lie Still

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Synopsis
A prominent physician debuts as a gifted storyteller in Lie Still, a dazzlingly suspenseful and compulsively readable trip through the dark underbelly of the OR -- where reputations, careers, and lives are on the line. In a sleepy, small-town Arizona hospital, a thirteen-year-old boy lies in a coma after inexplicably suffering a cardiac arrest. His doctors are perplexed. Although emotionally disturbed Henry Rojelio was a frequent visitor to the emergency room -- often for bouts of asthma, but usually just for attention -- no one ever anticipated a battle with death. Surgical resident Malcolm Ishmail began his medical career months before at a busy Phoenix hospital -- a far cry from the small ER deep in the silent heart of the desert, where Henry Rojelio lies. There, Malcolm fell into a secret, exhausting affair with one of his professors, Dr. Mimi Lyle, a beautiful, charismatic brain surgeon who had subtle difficulties in the operating room. In a moment of weakness "Dreamy Mimi" confessed to him her failings as a neurosurgeon; Malcolm reported her to his superiors . . . and promptly lost his job. Now, miles away from Phoenix, Dr. Ishmail struggles to save his young asthmatic patient's life and his future as a surgeon. And with little time and few clues to the cause of Henry Rojelio's sudden collapse, the impressionable doctor wonders whether his former lover may have exacted a disturbing revenge. Rich in medical detail and written with stylish, razor-sharp action and dialogue, Lie Still is a gripping, emotional drama of human failings and devastating consequences that marks the debut of a remarkable new voice.
Copyright:
2003

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780061748431
Related ISBNs:
9780060505561
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Richard S. Tedlow
Adult content:
Yes
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Medicine
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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I loved this book. If you think Robin Cook is superficial, Tess Jaritsen too gory, and Michael Palmer too plodding, you'll agree. The characters are drawn with detail and dimension; the writing is even, the plot moves along, and the dialog crackles with realism. And there is plenty of medical detail for even the most jaded lover of this genre.