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Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab Paperback - 2008

by Christine Montross

In this hauntingly moving memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and the first-year medical student who cuts her open, Montross provides an uncommon perspective on the emotional difficulty a first year medical student can face.


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A "gleaming, humane" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student

Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags was initially unnerving. But once Montross met her cadaver, she found herself intrigued by the person the woman once was and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. They called her Eve. The story of Montross and Eve is a tender and surprising examination of the mysteries of the human body, and a remarkable look at our relationship with both the living and the dead.
 

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A "gleaming, humane" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags was initially unnerving. But once Montross met her cadaver, she found herself intrigued by the person the woman once was and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. They called her Eve. The story of Montross and Eve is a tender and surprising examination of the mysteries of the human body, and a remarkable look at our relationship with both the living and the dead.

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  • Title Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab
  • Author Christine Montross
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York, NY
  • Date 2008-05-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780143113669 / 0143113666
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 5.44 x 0.7 in (20.35 x 13.82 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Human anatomy, Women medical students
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

' Eloquent and persuasive. . . . The author dissects her ownemotions as deftly as she does . . . the cadaver, her pen asrevelatory as her scalpel.'
The New York Times Book Review

'An exceptionally thoughtful memoir . . . [a] beautiful book.'
The Washington Post

'Unflinching . . . insightful . . . sparklingly lucid.'
Entertainment Weekly

Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 07/20/2008, Page 20

About the author

Christine Montross is a practicing inpatient psychiatrist and an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
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