This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies): My Education in Medicine and Motherhood

If Atul Gawande were funny—or Jerome Groopman were a working mother—they might sound something like Michelle Au, M.D., author of this hilarious and poignant memoir of a medical residency.

Michelle Au started medical school armed only with a surfeit of idealism, a handful of old ER episodes for reference, and some vague notion about "helping people."

This Won't Hurt a Bit is the story of how she grew up and became a real doctor.

It's a no-holds-barred account of what a modern medical education ...