"Here is a book that is at once sad and joyful, frightening and thought-provoking. In her lucid and passionate explanations of the important role that emotions play in the practice of medicine and in healing and health, Danielle Ofri tells stories of great importance to both doctors and patients.” —Perri Klass, author of Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor
"An invaluable guide for doctors and patients on how to 'recognize and navigate the emotional subtexts' of the doctor-patient relationship." —Kirkus Reviews
"Ofri offers an eloquent and honest take on the inner life of medical professionals, describing not only her own bumpy path from med student to M.D., but also the difficulty of maintaining empathy for patients over the years." —Publishers Weekly
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"Experiencing this splendid volume is like reading a history book inside out.… I've been waiting for a book like this: one that demonstrates the shockingly effectual continuity of the John Birch Society as a force in American political life." —Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland
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“Lisa Prevost masterfully chronicles how suburban and rural communities raise land-use drawbridges to exclude not just racial minorities and the poor but also middle-class families and the young.” —Chuck Collins, author of 99 to 1
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“An ingenious means of bringing new life to the oldest story in our nation’s past: the American Revolution from the perspective of the young and clear-sighted wives of generals Benedict Arnold and Henry Knox.” —Megan Marshall, author of The Peabody Sisters
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