{"product_id":"the-strength-of-bone-paperback","title":"The Strength of Bone - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucie Wilk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Amazon.ca Best Book of 2013: Top 100\/Editors' Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gorgeous debut.\"--JOSEPH BOYDEN, author of \u003ci\u003eThrough Black Spruce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Orenda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, Bryce is learning to predict the worst. Racing heart: infection, probably malaria. He'll send Iris for saline. Shortness of breath? TB. Another patient rolled to the ward. And the round swellings, the rashes with dimpled centres, the small rough patches on a boy's foot? HIV. Iris will make him comfortable. They'll move on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen there will be sleeplessness, rationed energy, a censuring of hope: the doctor's disease. Iris sees that one all the time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry Bryce has come to Blantyre to work off the grief he feels for his old life, but he can't adjust to the hopelessness that surrounds him. He relies increasingly upon Sister Iris's steady presence. Yet it's not until an accident brings them both to a village outpost that Bryce realizes the personal sacrifices Iris has made for her medical training, or that Iris in turn comes to fathom the depth of Henry's loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Strength of Bone\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a Western doctor, a Malawian nurse, and the crises that push both of them to the brink of collapse. With biting emotion and a pathological eye for detail, novelist and medical doctor Lucie Wilk demonstrates how, in a place where knowledge can frustrate as often as it heals, true strength requires the flexibility to let go. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvance Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Strength of Bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In supple, beautiful prose, Lucie Wilk recounts a doctor's struggle with technology and faith, and with the mysteries of death and love ... The Strength of Bone is an extraordinary look at the clash of worlds.\"--\u003cb\u003eANNABEL LYON, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Golden Mean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sweet Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucie Wilk grew up in Toronto and completed her medical training in Vancouver. Her short fiction has been nominated for the McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart Journey Prize Anthology, longlisted for a CBC Canada Writes literary prize, and has appeared in Descant, Prairie Fire and Shortfire Press. She is working toward an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She practices medicine and lives with her husband and two children in London, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucie Wilk grew up in Toronto, completed her medical training in Vancouver, and now makes London, England her home. Her short fiction has been nominated for the McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart Journey Prize Anthology, long-listed for a CBC Canada Writes literary prize, and appeared in \u003ci\u003eDescant, Prairie Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShortfire Press\u003c\/i\u003e. She is working towards an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She practices medicine and lives with her husband and two children in London, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47265757987065,"sku":"9781927428399","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1DwBTzBKkW9781927428399.webp?v=1768846746","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-strength-of-bone-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}