A review by ntvenessa
Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

I devoured this memoir by Dr Kadota. It is accessible, generous, and revealing of the Australian hospital system's treatment of junior doctors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Excrement, Grief, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

The heavy themes are shared with honesty and generosity by the author who manages to do so in a kind and thoughtful way.