Thanks to Rose City Reader for hosting this meme. To participate, share the first line or two of the book you are currently reading and, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line.
I do enjoy learning more about end-of-life issues, medical and legal and ethical. This one seems to be for me.
The opening chapter, “How Cells Die,” begins:
It had been the longest of months–in both the best and the worst possible ways. Brockton is a small town about a half-hour drive south of Boston, but in many ways it seems a world apart.
A little out of context, it seems, but we are just beginning. I like that it’s not a dry, thesis-sentence sort of beginning. Reading on, Haider Warraich does seem to grasp the idea of narrative writing, making his storytelling immediate and personal; and he does have a personal story to tell, being an MD. I am optimistic.
Modern Death is forthcoming in February. Stick around!
This quotation comes from an uncorrected advance proof and is subject to change.
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