Abstract
Sarah Moss Granta, 2016 , PB, 336 pp, £7.49, 978-1783783076 I’ve always believed that doctors and medical students have much to learn from works of fiction, and here is a case in point. Sarah Moss has boldly adopted the first-person narrative voice of a stay-at-home father, Adam, who is married to workaholic GP Emma. They have two daughters, 8-year-old Rose and her 15-year-old sister Miriam. Miriam has had a few episodes of wheezing, but one day, on the playing field at school, she has a cardiac arrest, is resuscitated, and taken into hospital. The book explores the effect of this crisis and its aftermath on the whole family, emphasising the anguish of uncertainty. Adam is desperate to know what caused the incident, whether …
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