Au presents a hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency.
Au\'s stories range from hilarious to heartbreaking and hit every note in between, proving more than anything that the creation of a new doctor (and a new parent) is far messier, far more uncertain, and far more gratifying than one could ever expect..
And, after she and her husband have a baby early in both their medical residencies, Au explores the demands of being a parent with those of a physician, two all-consuming jobs in which the lives of others are very literally in her hands.
Unlike most medical memoirs, however, This one details the author\'s struggles to maintain a life outside of the hospital, in the small amount of free time she had to live it.
It\'s a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical Education feels like, from the grim to the ridiculous, from the heartwarming to the obscene.
This Won\'t Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor.
Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about helping people.
Au presents a hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency
