The Beauty in Breaking
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- Publisher Penguin Random House
- Year published 2020
- ISBN: ISBN 978-0525537380
- Number of pages 304 pages
- WorldCat
- Topic(s) Diversity in Medicine
About the Book
Book descriptionAn African American emergency room physician reflects on how “the chaos of emergency medicine” helped her come to terms with a painful past and understand the true nature of healing. 
New York Times Bestseller
About the Author
Author descriptionMichele Harper has worked as an emergency room physician for more than a decade at various institutions, including as chief resident at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and in the emergency department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. The Beauty in Breaking is her first book.
Official Website of Michele Harper, M.D.
Interviews
'There Are Constant Battles': Dr. Michele Harper Opens Up About Racism in the Emergency Room. People. July 7, 2020
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