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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780553386523
“A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through
the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves
deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds.”—Katrina Firlik, M.D.,
author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
“An extraordinary insider’s look at the typical days and nights
of that most extraordinary place, written with a rare combination
of toughness, tenderness, and outrageous humor.”—Andrew Weil,
M.D.
“Unforgettable . . . tells a mean story.”—New York Daily
News
“The tension between [Holland’s] macho swagger and her shame at
the harsh way she occasionally treats patients gives this memoir
extra intrigue.”—Psychology Today
“A fascinating portrait . . . Holland is a good storyteller with
a dark wit.”—New York Post
“Equal parts affecting, jaw-dropping, and
engrossing.”—Booklist
“In Weekends at Bellevue [Julie Holland] tells the story of her
own journey through medical school, residency, and beyond, and at
the same time gives us startling insights into minds so damaged,
human beings rendered so helpless by their own demons, that
entities resembling souls can’t help but shine through. It’s a
thrilling and meaningful trip. As I turned the pages I found myself
thinking, over and over, Oh, poor novelist that you are, you really
can’t make this stuff up.” —Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours
and Specimen Days
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was. Then she came
to Bellevue. For nine eventful years, Dr. Holland was the weekend
physician in charge of the psychiatric emergency room at New York
City’s Bellevue Hospital. In this absorbing memoir, Holland
recounts stories from her vast case files that are alternately
terrifying, tragically comic, and profoundly moving: the serial
killer, the naked man barking like a dog in Times Square, the
schizophrenic begging for an injection of club soda to quiet the
voices in his head, the subway conductor who watched a young woman
pushed into the path of his train.
Writing with uncommon candor, Holland supplies not only a
page-turner with all the fast-paced immediacy of a TV medical drama
but also a fascinating glimpse into the inner lives of doctors who
struggle to maintain perspective in a world where sanity is in the
eye of the beholder.
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