I recently realized how much I’d missed writing these – occupational hazard when I’m now writing about the arts for a living – and saw an opportunity with this latest read. Here’s my book blurb for fun for Charles Hayter, MD’s Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic.
Part professional anecdote, part personal memoir, Cancer Confidential takes us on a Canadian radiation oncologist’s journey, an often misunderstood medical career. Shifting in a non-linear way from scenes as a med student, to responding to patients and colleagues as a seasoned practitioner, to navigating the dynamics with his parents during his late (doctor) father’s cancer diagnosis and treatment, the moments come alive with humour and poignancy. Written as a story, including the joy and pain, and the sheer drama of it all, Charles Hayter, MD’s book makes for a highly accessible and compelling read.
Cancer Confidential: Backstage Dramas in the Radiation Clinic is available from publisher University of Toronto Press and local bookstores; if your bookshop doesn’t have it in stock, ask them to order it in for you (I did).
life with more cowbell 