Tess Gerritsen, author of The Bone Garden, is a physician who stopped practicing medicine to write mysteries and raise her children.
It's been fun to watch her grow as a writer.
I just finished reading The Bone Garden and, aside from feeling really irritated about way too many dangling things such as, "Here is where it's at," I really enjoyed the book. I couldn't, in fact, willingly put it down.
Not only is it a good mystery, it's a fascinating glimpse into Boston medical schools of the early nineteenth century. The author goes back and forth between the present day and 1830 Boston to weave a story which ultimately has a few holes in the quilt. However, for a good read, a great distraction, and a wonderful first meeting with Oliver Wendell Holmes, a doctor and father of THE Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Bone Garden is wonderful.
By the way, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes made a stunning contribution to American medicine. He dared to suggest that doctors wash their hands between surgeries.
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I suppose it depends on your perspective which is "THE" Oliver Wendell Holmes. I think of the good doctor first and the Junior rarely ever. Dr. Holmes also came up with the term "anesthesia," if you're looking for another contribution to medicine.
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