The Mystery of Breathing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780618562077)

An impassioned and gifted neonatal physician, Dr. Maggie Claymore fights for the lives of her newborn patients with a fierceness that has gained her the devotion of worried parents and sometimes the ire of her colleagues. Maggie is just shy of forty, and her career is on the rise: she is on the verge of receiving a coveted promotion at a prestigious Boston research hospital. That is, until an anonymous hate campaign calls her credentials and her ethics into question, threatening to destroy her professional reputation. Suspicion and doubt begin to shade all of her relationships, from her professional connections to her own blissful marriage. Worst of all, the rumors surrounding her begin to shake her deepest sense of who she is.
Psychologically riveting, The Mystery of Breathing explores modern personal and ethical dilemmas in a story of one woman's struggle to mainatain her identity.

Author: Perri Klass
ISBN-10: 0618562079
ISBN-13: 9780618562077
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2005
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.38h x 6.34w x 0.89d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 57