Gabriel Weston – författare

How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands?What is it like to cut into someone else's body? What is it like to stand by, powerless, while someone dies because of the incompetence of your seniors? How do you tell a beautiful young man who seems perfectly fit that he has only a few days left to live?Gabriel Weston worked as a surgeon on the NHS frontlines; a woman in a world dominated by male egos. Her world was one of disease, suffering and extraordinary pressure where moral ambiguity and clinical detachment were necessary for survival. Startling and honest, her account combines a fierce sense of human dignity with compassion and insight, illuminating scenes of life and death the rest of us rarely glimpse.'Her wisdom, empathy, morality and self-awareness are very revealing... Her writing is as incisive, precise and clean as keyhole surgery' The Times'Brave and uncomfortable' Guardian

Winner of the McKitterick PrizeTwo women in a room.‘Courageous’ Rachel Cusk, GuardianOne is dying.‘Gripping’ ObserverThe other just sits back and watches.‘Necessary’ Independent For both, there is everything to lose.Surgeons are meant to save lives, but Nancy is a special kind of surgeon. When she makes a mistake in the operating theatre she is summoned to explain herself to a tribunal and is forced to consider what it means to be a doctor who has killed as well as cured. And to realise that her own redemption can only come through telling a tale that nobody wants to hear.Gabriel Weston, author of the acclaimed Direct Red: A Surgeon’s Story, winner of the 2010 PEN/Ackerley Prize, has written an extraordinarily moving and powerful novel.

A profound and provocative journey through the human body.‘Gripping…bold, humane’ Guardian‘Sings from the page’ Rachel ClarkeFor Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. As she became a surgeon, a mother and then a patient herself, she grew increasingly fascinated by the gap between the body she understood as a doctor and the messy reality of living in one.Alive is a captivating investigation into our organs and the role they play in the stories of our lives. In Weston’s hands, a fuller and more human picture of our bodies emerges – more fragile, frightening and miraculous than we could ever have imagined.‘An exceptional, absorbing tour of human life and bodies’Chris van Tulleken‘Filled with fascinating facts’ Daily Telegraph‘A pitch-perfect book’ Christie Watson‘A book of wonder’ Sarah Moss

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