{"product_id":"life-on-the-line-emma-goldberg-9780063073388","title":"Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe gripping account of six young doctors enlisted to fight COVID-19, an engrossing, eye-opening book in the tradition of both Sheri Fink's \u003cem\u003eFive Days at Memorial\u003c\/em\u003e and Scott Turow's \u003cem\u003eOne L\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn March 2020, soon-to-graduate medical students in New York City were nervously awaiting \"match day\" when they would learn where they would begin their residencies. Only a week later, these young physicians learned that they would be sent to the front lines of the desperate battle to save lives as the coronavirus plunged the city into crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the Hippocratic Oath via Zoom, these new doctors were sent into iconic New York hospitals including Bellevue and Montefiore, the epicenters of the epicenter. In this powerful book, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e journalist Emma Goldberg offers an up-close portrait of six bright yet inexperienced health professionals, each of whom defies a stereotype about who gets to don a doctor's white coat. Goldberg illuminates how the pandemic redefines what it means for them to undergo this trial by fire as caregivers, colleagues, classmates, friends, romantic partners and concerned family members.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoven together from in-depth interviews with the doctors, their notes, and Goldberg's own extensive reporting, this page-turning narrative is an unforgettable depiction of a crisis unfolding in real time and a timeless and unique chronicle of the rite of passage of young doctors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emma Goldberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063073382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063073388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2021 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2021 pg. 9","brand":"Emma Goldberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055363354879,"sku":"9780063073388","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fdfc0bc-1e1c-41d9-9246-14be672b76e5.jpg?v=1685035332","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-on-the-line-emma-goldberg-9780063073388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}