Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human Anatomy Lab

by Christine Montross

3 of 5 stars 1 rating • 0 reviews • 1 shelved
Book cover for Body of Work
Shelve It

Bookhype may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases. Full disclosure.

A "gleaming, humane" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir of the relationship between a cadaver named Eve and a first-year medical student

Medical student Christine Montross felt nervous standing outside the anatomy lab on her first day of class. Entering a room with stainless-steel tables topped by corpses in body bags was initially unnerving. But once Montross met her cadaver, she found herself intrigued by the person the woman once was and fascinated by the strange, unsettling beauty of the human form. They called her Eve. The story of Montross and Eve is a tender and surprising examination of the mysteries of the human body, and a remarkable look at our relationship with both the living and the dead.
  • ISBN10 0143113666
  • ISBN13 9780143113669
  • Publish Date 27 May 2008 (first published 1 June 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Penguin USA