Breaking and Mending: A junior doctor's stories of compassion and burnout

The unforgettable memoir from the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie

A few years ago, I found myself in A&E. I had never felt so ill. I was mentally and physically broken. So fractured, I hadn't eaten properly or slept well, or even changed my expression for months. I sat in a cubicle, behind paper-thin curtains and I shook with the effort of not crying. I was an inch away from defeat... but I knew I had to carry on. Because I wasn't the patie...