A review by kenepps
All That Moves Us: Life Lessons from a Pediatric Neurosurgeon by Jay Wellons

4.0

Jay Wellons has a future in writing if he decides to give up his day job. This book was a gift, literally and otherwise. I originally heard him on NPR, but was only mildly intrigued by the subject matter. A friend sent me the book as an e-gift, which I chalked up to literary karma. I discovered Wellons is a master storyteller, describing the intricacies of pediatric neurosurgery in a way that's accessible to laypeople. He brings a human scale to each chapter, highlighting the grit behind his most memorable cases without any sense of grandiosity directed toward his own life saving gifts. Neurosurgeons are the alphas of the medical world, but you get no sense of that here. Count me a Jay Wellons fan, currently on the prowl for his previous works and anything he decides to write in the future.