📝 Nursing Memoir

First-person accounts from the front lines of patient care, revealing the emotional toll, dark humor, and profound meaning found in a life spent healing others.

The Shift

by Theresa Brown • 2015

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

3.87

8k+

🏥 Hospital Nursing 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics

The Shift 94%

Four patients, twelve hours: one nurse's shift reveals the invisible work that keeps people alive.

by Theresa Brown 2015

3.87

8k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Nursing 💙 Emotional Labor ⚖️ Medical Ethics

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You

by Sonja Schwartzbach • 2017

Nursing school stopped at mannequins. The job is chaos, death, and dark humor as survival.

3.71

2k+

🩺 Nursing Careers 📖 Medical Memoirs 🏥 Healthcare Culture

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You Summary

Oh Sh*t, I Almost Killed You! A Little Book of Big Things Nursing School Forgot to Teach You 92%

Nursing school stopped at mannequins. The job is chaos, death, and dark humor as survival.

by Sonja Schwartzbach 2017

3.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Nursing Careers 📖 Medical Memoirs 🏥 Healthcare Culture

ER Nurses

by James Patterson • 2021

What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.

4.17

8k+

🚨 Emergency Medicine 🎙️ Oral History 🩺 Medical Memoir

ER Nurses 91%

What happens after the ambulance doors close: ER nurses tell the stories they can't forget.

by James Patterson 2021

4.17

8k+ ratings

🚨 Emergency Medicine 🎙️ Oral History 🩺 Medical Memoir

A Nurse's Story

by Louise Curtis • 2020

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

3.93

1k+

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline

A Nurse's Story 91%

An A&E nurse thought she'd seen everything. Then COVID arrived, and she was afraid to go home.

by Louise Curtis 2020

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏥 Emergency Medicine 🩺 Nursing Memoirs 🦠 Pandemic Frontline

Already Toast

by Kate Washington • 2021

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

3.92

666

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

Already Toast 90%

Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.

by Kate Washington 2021

3.92

666 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 🔥 Caregiver Burnout 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving

Do No Harm

by Henry Marsh • 2014

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

4.25

43k+

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes

Do No Harm 90%

A brain surgeon confesses the gamble of every cut, the patients lost, the toll never paid.

by Henry Marsh 2014

4.25

43k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery ✍️ Surgical Memoir ⚠️ Medical Mistakes

The In-Between

by Hadley Vlahos • 2023

A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.

4.49

51k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care ✍️ Nursing Memoirs 👻 Deathbed Visions

The In-Between 90%

A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.

by Hadley Vlahos 2023

4.49

51k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care ✍️ Nursing Memoirs 👻 Deathbed Visions

Little Miss Diagnosed

by Erin Nance • 2025

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

4.22

364

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training

Little Miss Diagnosed 90%

Why a 'cartoon fetus' badge made a surgeon quit the system and build her own.

by Erin Nance 2025

4.22

364 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🥼 Surgical Training

Notes on Nursing

by Florence Nightingale • 1858

A patient's room decides their fate more than their doctor. The 1859 manual that proved it.

3.79

2k+

🏥 Nursing Fundamentals 📜 Modern Nursing Origins 🕰️ Victorian Medicine

Notes on Nursing 90%

A patient's room decides their fate more than their doctor. The 1859 manual that proved it.

by Florence Nightingale 1858

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏥 Nursing Fundamentals 📜 Modern Nursing Origins 🕰️ Victorian Medicine

Nurse's Pocket Guide

by Marilynn E. Doenges • 2006

The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.

3.98

126

🔄 Nursing Process 🏷️ Nursing Diagnosis 📋 Care Planning

Nurse's Pocket Guide 90%

The manual that turns a nursing diagnosis into a care plan in seconds.

by Marilynn E. Doenges 2006

3.98

126 ratings

🔄 Nursing Process 🏷️ Nursing Diagnosis 📋 Care Planning

What Seems to Be the Problem?

by Laura Marshall-Andrews • 2022

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

4.18

299

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine

What Seems to Be the Problem? 90%

She treated the life behind the symptoms, and the NHS put her on trial for it.

by Laura Marshall-Andrews 2022

4.18

299 ratings

🏥 General Practice 📋 Nhs Memoirs 🌿 Holistic Medicine

Better

by Atul Gawande • 2007

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

4.25

37k+

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine

Better 90%

Between what medicine knows and what it does, the stubborn details that close the gap.

by Atul Gawande 2007

4.25

37k+ ratings

🩺 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 🪖 Battlefield Medicine

My Father's Brain

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2023

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

4.13

2k+

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir

My Father's Brain 90%

A doctor watches his brilliant father succumb to Alzheimer's and discovers what medicine cannot fix.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2023

4.13

2k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Care 🧬 Alzheimers Disease 🩺 Medical Memoir

201 Careers in Nursing

by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick • 2011

Find your fit among 201 nursing careers, from the helicopter to the boardroom.

3.87

🩺 Nursing Careers 🧭 Career Exploration 🎓 Advanced Practice

201 Careers in Nursing 90%

Find your fit among 201 nursing careers, from the helicopter to the boardroom.

by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick 2011

3.87

15 ratings

🩺 Nursing Careers 🧭 Career Exploration 🎓 Advanced Practice

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 90%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine

God's Hotel

by Victoria Sweet • 2012

Time and observation healed patients at America’s last almshouse in ways modern medicine can’t.

4.11

6k+

🏥 Hospital Memoir 🕰️ Long-Term Care 👩‍⚕️ Doctor-Patient Relationship

God's Hotel 90%

Time and observation healed patients at America’s last almshouse in ways modern medicine can’t.

by Victoria Sweet 2012

4.11

6k+ ratings

🏥 Hospital Memoir 🕰️ Long-Term Care 👩‍⚕️ Doctor-Patient Relationship

Doctored

by Sandeep Jauhar • 2014

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

3.61

1k+

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Doctored 90%

Fee-for-service broke the healers. A cardiologist's personal account of what American medicine lost.

by Sandeep Jauhar 2014

3.61

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Healthcare 🩺 Medical Memoir 😞 Physician Burnout

Your Life in My Hands

by Rachel Clarke • 2017

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

3.78

4k+

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout

Your Life in My Hands 90%

Britain's most beloved public service is failing. A junior doctor shows you why, from the inside.

by Rachel Clarke 2017

3.78

4k+ ratings

🏥 NHS Crisis 👨‍⚕️ Medical Residency 🔥 Physician Burnout

Complications

by Atul Gawande • 2002

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

4.28

53k+

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine

Complications 90%

Guesswork, uncertainty, and routine error: a surgeon's casebook from inside the operating room.

by Atul Gawande 2002

4.28

53k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoir ⚖️ Medical Ethics 📖 Narrative Medicine

Confessions of a Surgeon

by Paul A. Ruggieri • 2012

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

3.75

2k+

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture

Confessions of a Surgeon 90%

Under the drape, the patient stops being human. A surgeon tells the rest.

by Paul A. Ruggieri 2012

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏥 Surgical Memoirs 🪚 Surgeon Training 🏨 Hospital Culture

When the Air Hits Your Brain

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. • 1996

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

4.35

12k+

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility

When the Air Hits Your Brain 90%

A young neurosurgeon learns to open skulls. The real incision is in his own humanity.

by Frank T. Vertosick Jr. 1996

4.35

12k+ ratings

🧠 Neurosurgery 🏥 Medical Training ⚕️ Medical Fallibility

On Pluto

by Greg O'Brien • 2014

What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.

3.96

1k+

🧠 Dementia Memoir 🩺 Medical Memoir 🌫️ Cognitive Decline

On Pluto 90%

What a journalist sees when he turns his reporter's eye on his own disappearing brain.

by Greg O'Brien 2014

3.96

1k+ ratings

🧠 Dementia Memoir 🩺 Medical Memoir 🌫️ Cognitive Decline

Saved

by Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

4.56

5k+

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Saved 90%

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

by Benjamin Hall 2023

4.56

5k+ ratings

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

How Do You Feel?

by Jessi Gold • 2024

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

4.07

643

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism

How Do You Feel? 90%

Medicine trained her to suppress emotion. Treating COVID-burned doctors forced her to feel again.

by Jessi Gold 2024

4.07

643 ratings

🏥 Medical Culture 🔥 Healthcare Burnout 🎭 Medical Stoicism

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind

by Barbara K. Lipska • 2018

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

3.89

8k+

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Summary

The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind 90%

She studied mental illness for decades. Then 18 brain tumors gave it to her firsthand.

by Barbara K. Lipska 2018

3.89

8k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Memoir 🔖 Medical Memoir 🩺 Medical Mystery

This is Going to Hurt

by Adam Kay • 2017

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

4.40

334k+

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training

This is Going to Hurt 90%

Absurd patients, 97-hour weeks, and the one death that wasn't funny: a junior doctor's diary.

by Adam Kay 2017

4.40

334k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Memoirs 🩺 Healthcare System Critique 🎓 Medical Training

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia

by Wendy Mitchell • 2022

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

4.22

1k+

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia Summary

What I Wish People Knew About Dementia 90%

The mind fades, the senses scramble, but the emotions stay. A guide from inside dementia.

by Wendy Mitchell 2022

4.22

1k+ ratings

🧠 Living With Dementia 🗣️ Patient Perspectives 💬 Caregiver Communication

An Autobiography

by Agatha Christie • 1977

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

4.13

13k+

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction

An Autobiography 89%

She learned exactly how poisons kill, long before she started killing people in books.

by Agatha Christie 1977

4.13

13k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Memoir 🏡 English Childhood 🔍 Golden Age Detective Fiction

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear

by Lori Arviso Alvord • 2000

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

4.03

1k+

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing

The Scalpel and the Silver Bear 89%

Why a Navajo surgeon began inviting medicine men into the operating room.

by Lori Arviso Alvord 2000

4.03

1k+ ratings

📖 Medical Memoir 🌿 Integrative Medicine 🔥 Traditional Healing

What We Carry

by Maya Shanbhag Lang • 2020

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

4.32

4k+

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

What We Carry 89%

Alzheimer's erases her mother, and a daughter learns the family stories she carried were fictions.

by Maya Shanbhag Lang 2020

4.32

4k+ ratings

🏠 Family Memoirs 🤲 Caregiver Memoirs 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

4.41

820k+

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir

When Breath Becomes Air 89%

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

by Paul Kalanithi 2016

4.41

820k+ ratings

🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

The Blink of an Eye 89%

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation

Music Heard So Deeply

by Betsey King • 2015

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

4.65

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies

Music Heard So Deeply 89%

In a therapist's hands, live music rebuilds speech and movement where medicine alone falls short.

by Betsey King 2015

4.65

23 ratings

🎵 Music Therapy 📖 Healthcare Memoir 🎨 Creative Arts Therapies

In Love

by Amy Bloom • 2022

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

4.26

26k+

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief

In Love 89%

He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.

by Amy Bloom 2022

4.26

26k+ ratings

🏥 End-Of-Life Care 🧠 Dementia Memoirs 🌊 Anticipatory Grief

Divided Minds

by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

Divided Minds 89%

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards

Between Two Kingdoms

by Suleika Jaouad • 2021

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

4.42

130k+

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing

Between Two Kingdoms 89%

After leukemia, a 15,000-mile road trip to meet the strangers whose letters kept her alive.

by Suleika Jaouad 2021

4.42

130k+ ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🪞 Identity After Trauma 🚗 Road Trip Healing

Knocking on Heaven's Door

by Katy Butler • 2013

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

4.12

3k+

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving

Knocking on Heaven's Door 89%

Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.

by Katy Butler 2013

4.12

3k+ ratings

🫀 End-Of-Life Care 🏥 Medical Overreach 🤲 Caregiving

All the Young Men

by Ruth Coker Burks • 2020

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

4.49

9k+

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism

All the Young Men 89%

When doctors refused to touch them, one Arkansas mother held their hands until the end.

by Ruth Coker Burks 2020

4.49

9k+ ratings

💔 Aids Crisis 🏡 Southern Memoir 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq Activism

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Beautiful Scars 89%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Little Earthquakes

by Sarah Mandel • 2023

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

4.17

500

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Little Earthquakes 89%

A terminal diagnosis during pregnancy: a psychologist's story of bringing life while facing death.

by Sarah Mandel 2023

4.17

500 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Memoirs 👶 New Motherhood 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Center Cannot Hold

by Elyn R. Saks • 2007

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

4.33

23k+

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

The Center Cannot Hold 89%

Restraints, psychosis, forced medication. Then a Yale law degree and tenure, against all odds.

by Elyn R. Saks 2007

4.33

23k+ ratings

📖 Psychosis Memoirs 🧠 Chronic Mental Illness 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Tradition

The Good Doctor

by Barron H. Lerner • 2014

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

3.86

189

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism

The Good Doctor 89%

One family, two doctors, and the ethical revolution that transformed medicine in a generation.

by Barron H. Lerner 2014

3.86

189 ratings

⚕️ Medical Ethics 📜 History Of Medicine 👨‍⚕️ Medical Paternalism

The Geography of Memory

by Jeanne Murray Walker • 2013

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

3.98

117

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The Geography of Memory 89%

She came home to care for her mother and found her own lost childhood waiting.

by Jeanne Murray Walker 2013

3.98

117 ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Caregiving 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds 📖 Family Stories

The People's Hospital

by Ricardo Nuila • 2020

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

4.38

4k+

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality

The People's Hospital 89%

America treats patients as revenue streams. One Houston hospital proves there is another way.

by Ricardo Nuila 2020

4.38

4k+ ratings

🏥 American Healthcare 💰 Healthcare Economics ⚖️ Medical Inequality

Nearly Departed

by Gila Pfeffer • 2024

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

4.40

360

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness

Nearly Departed 89%

Preventive mastectomy found cancer one millimeter from her chest wall. Kept secret for nine years.

by Gila Pfeffer 2024

4.40

360 ratings

🩺 Cancer Memoirs 🧬 Genetic Risk 👩‍👧 Motherhood And Illness

Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen • 1993

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

3.95

283k+

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships

Girl, Interrupted 89%

One interview. A locked ward. Two years of asking who gets to define a woman's sanity.

by Susanna Kaysen 1993

3.95

283k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Memoir 👩 Women And Madness 🤝 Ward Friendships

Before I Forget

by B. Smith • 2016

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

4.20

1k+

🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout

Before I Forget 89%

She forgot her husband's name at 64: a couple's fight against Alzheimer's and racial inequity.

by B. Smith 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

🧠 Alzheimer'S Disease 🫂 Dementia Care 😔 Caregiver Burnout

One Hundred Names for Love

by Diane Ackerman • 2011

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

3.85

2k+

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs

One Hundred Names for Love 89%

A stroke took his language. Two writers then learned what love sounds like without words.

by Diane Ackerman 2011

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏥 Stroke Recovery 🗨️ Aphasia 💝 Caregiving Memoirs

On the Move

by Oliver Sacks • 2015

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

4.03

22k+

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders

On the Move 89%

Patients frozen for decades took one drug and woke. Their neurologist was not ready.

by Oliver Sacks 2015

4.03

22k+ ratings

🧠 Clinical Neurology 🩺 Medical Memoir 🧬 Neurological Disorders

Before My Heart Stops

by Paul Cardall • 2010

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

3.98

392

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant

Before My Heart Stops 89%

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

by Paul Cardall 2010

3.98

392 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant

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