Sue L. Hall

Dr. Hall shares her expertise and exposes the inner workings of the NICU where the frailest babies cling to life against overwhelming odds. Each vignette tackles provocative topics including poverty, literacy, immigration, limited health resources, disability, and drug abuse to show how each of these issues greatly affects the care of these babies receive and their hope for a healthy future.

Her compassion shines through the tears and the joy. This is an emotional and rewarding experience.… (mehr)

The reader should be prepared to read about families' trials and sadness and joy in the NICU. This novel has its ups and downs, very realistic. The reader will be riveted to the novel, if he/she is medically inclined, especially in scenes where the baby may or may not make it. There is a "Notes" section to further broaden the readers' educations and show more depth to the diagnoses in the novel. The reader will not have to worry about a diagnosis or hurriedly look it up on Google. Any reader with children will appreciate this novel, the beauty of life should not be take for granted-a focal point for this novel. The reader will enjoy that an actual doctor wrote the novel, her experience shines through and makes every situation that much more believable. This book is recommended for readers who enjoy perusing medical literature.

4 stars

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