Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab by Christine Montross

Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab

Christine Montross

295 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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A gleaming, humane (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class....

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informative 77%
reflective 66%
challenging 22%
emotional 22%
inspiring 22%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 25%

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