Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table by Stephen Westaby

Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

Stephen Westaby with Stephen Westaby (Narrator)

10 hours, 26 minutes first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography health memoir science
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An incredible memoir from one of the world's most eminent heart surgeons, with some of the most remarkable and poignant cases he's worked on. Grim Reaper sits on the heart surgeon's shoulder. A slip of the hand and life ebbs away. The balance betw...

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Moods

informative 90%
emotional 63%
inspiring 45%
reflective 45%
hopeful 27%
challenging 18%
sad 18%
tense 18%
dark 9%
funny 9%
relaxing 9%

Pace

medium 80%
fast 20%

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4.23

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