The care of strangers : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
Brooklyn : Melville House, [2020].
ISBN
9781612198682, 1612198686
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 18 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Arlington - Adult | FIC MICHAELSON, E. | On Shelf |
Belmont Beech St. - Adult | FIC MIC | Storage |
Dover - Adult | F MIC | On Shelf |
Needham - Adult | FICTION Michaelson | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Brooklyn : Melville House, [2020].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781612198682, 1612198686
Notes
Description
"Working as an orderly in a gritty Brooklyn public hospital, Sima is often reminded by her superiors that she's the least important person there. An immigrant who, with her mother, escaped vicious anti-Semitism in Poland, she spends her shifts transporting patients, observing the doctors and residents ... and quietly nurturing her aspirations to become a doctor herself by going to night school. Now just one credit short of graduating, she finds herself faltering in the face of pressure from her mother not to overreach, and to settle for the life she has now. Everything changes when Sima encounters Mindy Kahn, an intern doctor struggling through her residency. Sensing a fellow outsider in need of support, Sima bonds with Mindy over their patients, and learns the power of truly letting yourself care for another person, helping to give her the courage to face her past, and take control of her future. A moving story about vulnerability and friendship, From the Love of Strangers is the story of one woman's discovery that sometimes interactions with strangers are the best way to find yourself."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hospitals -- Employees -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Jews, Polish -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Medical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Women immigrants -- Fiction.
Women medical students -- Fiction.
Women physicians -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Hospitals -- Employees -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Jews, Polish -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Medical fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Women immigrants -- Fiction.
Women medical students -- Fiction.
Women physicians -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Michaelson, E. (2020). The care of strangers: a novel . Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Michaelson, Ellen. 2020. The Care of Strangers: A Novel. Melville House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Michaelson, Ellen. The Care of Strangers: A Novel Melville House, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Michaelson, Ellen. The Care of Strangers: A Novel Melville House, 2020.
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