The Cure for Good Intentions by Sophie Harrison - ISBN: 9780349144184
Paperback
A life changed, a doctor made: empathy, pain, and understanding.

The Cure for Good Intentions

A Doctor's Story

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    8 November 2022

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Summary

‘When I was twenty-eight I trained as a doctor. Initially everyone was interested. Amazing! people said, when I told them. What made you do that? I couldn’t find a short answer. Sometimes I said, “I had a revelation on a beach.” It was partly true’

The Cure for Good Intentions is about a life-changing decision. Sophie gave up her job as an editor at a prestigious literary magazine and put herself through medical school and hospital training before eventually becoming a GP. Fr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349144184
ISBN-10:0349144184
Author:Sophie Harrison
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Fleet
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:8 November 2022
Weight:200g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 24mm
About The Author

Sophie Harrison

Sophie Harrison studied English literature at university. She wrote technical manuals and TV listings before becoming an editorial assistant and later an editor for Granta Magazine. In 2003 she began retraining as a doctor. She has written about books for the Sunday Times, the New York Times, the London Review of Books and the Guardian. For several years she wrote a column about medicine for FT Weekend Magazine. She is married with two children and works as a GP.

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