The beauty in breaking / Michelle Harper.
"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"-- Provided by publisher Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in an abusive family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Philadelphia, when he told her he couldn't move with her. Her marriage at an end, Harper began her new life in a new city, in a new job, as a newly single woman. In the ensuing years, as Harper learned to become an effective ER physician, bringing insight and empathy to every patient encounter, she came to understand that each of us is broken--physically, emotionally, psychically. How we recognize those breaks, how we try to mend them, and where we go from there are all crucial parts of the healing process
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525537397
- ISBN: 0525537392
- ISBN: 9780525537380
- Physical Description: xiv, 284 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: United States RIVERHEAD BOOKS 2021.
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Michele: a wing and a prayer -- Dr. Harper: the view from here -- Baby Doe: born perfect -- Erik: violent behavior alter -- Dominic: body of evidence -- Jeremiah: cradle and all -- In the name of honor -- Joshua: under contract -- Paul: murda, murda -- Sitting with Olivia -- Jenny and Mary: what falls away.
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Available copies
- 35 of 37 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 1 current hold with 37 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | BIO HAR (Text) | 37810460012577 | Adult New Biography | Checked out | 08/18/2026 |
| Albemarle Main Library | B Harper (Text) | 31010000756959 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Angier Public Library | B HARPER Har (Text) | 33632002252527 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | B HARPER (Text) | 34208900016451 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | B HARPER (Text) | 30441100795947 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | B HARPER (Text) | 34208900019257 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B HARPER (Text) | 22281500336092 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | B HARPER (Text) | 31250200075851 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Down East | B HARPER (Text) | 34208900019273 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Eden Library | B Harper (Text) | 31554010663614 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | HARPER (Text) | 33258009439394 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | B HAR (Text) | 23900000025924 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | B HARPER (Text) | 900000000889635 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Graham County Library | 616.028 HAR (Text) | 80605001889368 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | 616.028 Harper (Text) | 33115007682953 | Adult Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | HARPER (Text) | 33258009428835 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| High Point Library | 616.028 Harper (Text) | 30519010751702 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | BIO HARPER (Text) | 33262003264690 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lenoir Library | B HARPER Michele Ha (Text) | 50669012889839 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lewisville Branch | B Harper, Michele (Text) | 0112522977025 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | B Harper (Text) | 25908007990554 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Macon County Public Library | 616.02 H (Text) | 39493108678741 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Madison Main Library | BIO HARPER HAR (Text) | 30229101199262 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Moss Memorial Library | 616.02 HAR (Text) | 80605000589274 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Newport | B HARPER (Text) | 34208900019265 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| North Davidson Public Library | B Harper (Text) | 25908008388345 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Paddison Memorial Branch | B Harper, Michele (Text) | 0112522977034 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Perry Memorial Library | B Hap (Text) | 33727002302668 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | B HARPER (Text) | 0020513504173 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| South Granville Branch Library | B HARPER (Text) | 42756202274186 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Southwest Brunswick Library | B HARPER (Text) | 31427000544542 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | B HARPER HAR (Text) | 33114018285700 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Stony Point Branch | B Harper (Text) | 34269001296731 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Transylvania County Library | B Harper (Text) | 38079300179033 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Weaverville Library | B HARPER (Text) | 0020512717149 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Western Carteret | B HARPER (Text) | 34208900016444 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Wilkes County Public Library | B HARPER (Text) | 50501011921661 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
