by Adam Kay
First published 2018
Fresh-faced Adam Kay steps onto a hospital ward for the first time, quickly realizing medical school left out a few things. His secret diaries from the NHS trenches - scribbled after endless shifts, missed weekends - are a wild ride of black comedy and gut-punch pathos. This is the unvarnished truth about life as a junior doctor: the impossible hours, the life-or-death decisions, the maddening bureaucracy, and all the things they don't teach you. At its core, this is a story of perseverance, a young doctor's hard-won empathy, and the humor that helps get us through the darkest days.
Genres: medical, humor, non-fiction, biography-memoir
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: empathy, perseverance
Setting: Great Britain
288 pages · Paperback · Mariner Books
Content warnings: medical-trauma