A gripping novel centered on a neurologist—a woman of sensitivity and scrupulous care for her patients, whether adults or children. A five-year-old boy is the second protagonist, the focal point around which the doctor and the boy's family conduct their passionate search for the cause of his seizures and near-paralysis.
Moral and psychological struggles are woven skillfully through this story, drawing the reader in, making him or her an active witness to the struggle against suffering.
It is a novel, yes, but grounded in truth—the reality that many hospital parents know firsthand. There is no doubt that reading it educates; it opens doors to the unknown, especially for those who know little of medicine. What happens behind the scenes in a neurology ward? How are diagnoses bound up with the psychological dimension? What happens in those agonizing conversations between desperate parents hungry for answers—answers that doctors are reluctant to speak and parents afraid to hear, because they are too harsh to bear? And what are the consequences—brought out so vividly in this story—when children endure physical or psychological mistreatment from those who should protect them?
We recommend this book to readers unafraid to enter a world filled with hospitals, because it is pervaded by deep humanity, by the proclamation of a vital truth: that children need their parents' love in order to heal. It is a tribute to medicine practiced with skill and unflinching honesty.
M.B.
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