Alive

An Alternative Anatomy

AvGabriel Weston

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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A profound and provocative journey through the human body.‘Gripping…bold, humane’ Guardian‘Sings from the page’ Rachel Clarke, author of THE STORY OF A HEARTFor Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. As she became a surgeon, a mother, and ultimately a patient herself, she found herself grappling with the gap between the body she understood as a doctor, and the reality of living in one.In this captivating exploration of our bodily organs, a fuller and more human picture of our bodies emerges: more fragile, frightening and miraculous than we could have imagined.‘An exceptional, absorbing tour of human life and bodies’Chris van Tulleken, author of ULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE‘Filled with fascinating facts’ Daily Telegraph‘A pitch-perfect book’ Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS‘A book of wonder’ Sarah Moss, author of SUMMERWATER

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-06
Mått:146 x 224 x 30 mm
Vikt:409 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Vintage Publishing
ISBN:9781787330603

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Mer om författaren

Gabriel Weston was born in 1970. She studied English at Edinburgh University before attending medical school in London and becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2003. Her Sunday Times bestselling debut, Direct Red, was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and won the PEN-Ackerley Award for Autobiography, while her novel Dirty Work won the McKitterick Prize. The presenter of several BBC TV series, including Trust Me I’m a Doctor and Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook, she currently works as a part-time surgeon and lives in London with her husband and children.

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An exceptional, beautiful and absolutely absorbing book. Gabriel Weston is one of the best writers around, and when it comes to medicine and anatomy she redefines the genre. ALIVE is a tour of human life and bodies, but she also brings her own body, in the context of her own life, into an absolutely compelling narrative; sex, pregnancy, asylum seekers, breast implants and hearts – especially the author's own heart, in every sense. It is essential reading if you own a body and should be mandatory for all those who study them.