The Beauty In Breaking

Michele Harper’s memoir is beautifully written, and her compassion and empathy shine through.

I was deeply moved by the way in which she carried that clear-eyed compassion forward from a trauma-ridden childhood through her medical training—where she, as a Black woman, experienced both racism and sexism—and into her life as an emergency room physician. I admired her forthrightness in calling out these injustices as she saw and experienced them while still maintaining her own humanity. I was inspired by her integrity and by the way she showed us, through her own life and the lives of her patients, that, as… show more.

In this New York Times bestselling memoir, emergency medicine physician Michele Harper weaves together captivating patient accounts with her personal story as a young doctor of color.

Harper is insightful and vulnerable, as she writes of her divorce early in her career and grapples with her own history of abuse as a child. The stories of her patient encounters resonated with me as a fellow physician who has been similarly frustrated by the inequities of our healthcare system.

Harper draws life lessons from those in her care, as she navigates her own path – I’m grateful she has shared them… show more.