Complications and Sister Girl
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50books_poc3: Gawande, Atul - Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
(found via this comm) I have a feeling I would have enjoyed this more if I was any sort of medical proffesional, but I still found it interesting. The straightforward logical way he goes through the different causes and issues around surgical error was refreshing and made his points clear and irrefutable. While I found it less entertaining than, say, James Herriot (I don't read alot of medical books, I don't have much to compare to :)) the little stories about peoples lives were engaging and felt very true.
4: Jackie Huggins- Sister Girl: the writings of an Aboriginal activist and historian
This was great. I have a long rambly review here written late last night just after I finished it, but in short: a collection of essays and interviews on a wide range of topics relating to her experiences and research as an aboriginal woman and activist, mixing personal experience with history, politics, anger and advice. I am really glad I read this, and am very grateful to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fire_fly for recomending it. I think any australians on this comm should definitely check it out, and am pretty sure non-australians would enjoy it too (I think it's good to get a different perspective on these things), especially the interview between the author and bell hooks.
Also, I'll briefly mention a failed attempt: "My Place" by Sally Morgan, whose main flaw is that it's an autobiography and I hate autobiographies (I have to remind myself of this every few years) I only got a few chapters in but I've heard it's quite good!
(found via this comm) I have a feeling I would have enjoyed this more if I was any sort of medical proffesional, but I still found it interesting. The straightforward logical way he goes through the different causes and issues around surgical error was refreshing and made his points clear and irrefutable. While I found it less entertaining than, say, James Herriot (I don't read alot of medical books, I don't have much to compare to :)) the little stories about peoples lives were engaging and felt very true.
4: Jackie Huggins- Sister Girl: the writings of an Aboriginal activist and historian
This was great. I have a long rambly review here written late last night just after I finished it, but in short: a collection of essays and interviews on a wide range of topics relating to her experiences and research as an aboriginal woman and activist, mixing personal experience with history, politics, anger and advice. I am really glad I read this, and am very grateful to
fire_fly for recomending it. I think any australians on this comm should definitely check it out, and am pretty sure non-australians would enjoy it too (I think it's good to get a different perspective on these things), especially the interview between the author and bell hooks. Also, I'll briefly mention a failed attempt: "My Place" by Sally Morgan, whose main flaw is that it's an autobiography and I hate autobiographies (I have to remind myself of this every few years) I only got a few chapters in but I've heard it's quite good!
