The Scalpel and the Silver Bear
by Lori Arviso Alvord
Taste attributes: biographydocumentaryslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is original, heavy and slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
The author, the first Navajo woman surgeon, tells the story of how she was able to cut across cultural, class, and educational borders to become a part of the medical world; and discusses how she came to understand the power of Navajo thinking about health and illness to impact some of modern medicine's most daunting problems.
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- Author
- Lori Arviso Alvord
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 214
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- Open Library
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