Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Judy Melinek with T.J. Mitchell

272 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir science dark informative fast-paced
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The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist's rookie season as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases, hair-raising and heartbreaking and impossibly complex, that shaped her as both a physician and a mother.Just two months before the Septem...

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informative 92%
dark 53%
emotional 52%
reflective 50%
challenging 27%
sad 26%
funny 22%
inspiring 19%
tense 10%
hopeful 8%
adventurous 6%
lighthearted 5%
mysterious 1%

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slow 3%

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