Doctors Zadie and Emma have been best friends for decades, weathering
medical school together and something terrible that happened in their third year
there. What exactly that was, and why it was so devastating, gets brought back
up when their old friend Dr. Nick moves to Charlotte. With flashbacks between present
day goings on in Charlotte, NC, and their medical school days in Louisville,
KY, the picture starts to come into focus, until we’re left with the shattering
truth. The descriptions of the medical aspects of this book are fantastic, from
an emergency “cric” at the pool to endless trauma at the hospital – Kimmery
Martin (a doctor) clearly knows her stuff and how to make it compelling, and
also “humerus.” (chuckle) Something tells me that the more outrageous of the
medical vignettes were probably real life experiences from her own training. As
far as the plot drama goes though, the final explanation seemed a little awkward
and not entirely plausible. Sure, good people do bad things sometimes, but I
wasn’t left satisfied with the explanation. Read it for the medical drama, skim
the relationship stuff.
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