Can you imagine what it would be like to deal with death every single day of your life?
That's exactly what doctors do, and yet very little is known about how they cope. Brilliant young transplant surgeon, Pauline Chen, had dreamt of saving lives – only to find that her job was mainly consumed by death. From dissecting cadavers to pronouncing patients dead, Pauline was confronted by mortality in a way few have to deal with. Her training told her to suppress her feelings. Yet as she found herself unable to call a dying friend, or forget the death of a tortured patient, something had to give.
Moving and provocative, this is a piercing journey into the hidden world of the surgery room ... and beyond.