Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Nevermore: Something for the Pain, Eli the Good, Heartwood

 Reported by Rita

 

Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER by Paul Austin

An ER doctor's memoir describes the psychological impact of his profession, explaining how his daily exposure to critical illness, injury, and tragedy in the industrial setting of a modern hospital rendered him bitter and estranged from his family.

So real. This book is the best medical book I've ever read. - DC 5 stars

 


Eli the Good by Silas House

In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.

Very detailed and beautifully written. It feels very autobiographical. - MD 5 stars

 


Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Heartwood takes you on a journey as a search and rescue team races against time when an experienced hiker mysteriously disappears on the Appalachian Trail in Maine.

It is dramatic and cinematic with a cliffhanger ending. - AH 5 stars

 

Other Books Mentioned: 

Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer

My Name is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende

Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering by Malcolm Gladwell

Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World by Lynn Downey

Mind Games by Nora Roberts

A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr

Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson

Dance of the Four Winds: Secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel by Alberto Villoldo

Cave and Cosmos: Shamanic Encounters with Another Reality by Michael J. Harner

The Indian's Secret World by Robert Hofsinde

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Lies on the Serpent's Tongue by Kate Pearsall

How to Rate a Cat: Rate Any Feline Friend from Their Boopable Nose to Their Sweet Toe Beans by Matthew McGlasson

 

New Books:

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

Poets Square: a Memoir in Thirty Cats by Courtney Gustafson

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