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A Lilly's Library Book Club Pick!
Behind the chic veneer of a wellness clinic lies a dangerous secret, in this compelling women's fiction novel from the author of The White Coat Diaries.
Dr. Maya Rao is a gynecologist trying to balance a busy life. With three young children, a career, and a happy marriage, she should be grateful—on paper, she has it all. But after a disastrous encounter with an entitled patient, Maya is forced to walk away from the city hospital where she’s spent her entire career.
An opportunity arises when Maya crosses paths with Amelia DeGilles at a school meeting. Amelia is the owner and entrepreneur behind Eunoia Women’s Health, a concierge wellness clinic that specializes in house calls for its clientele of wealthy women for whom no vitamin infusion or healing crystal is too expensive. All Eunoia needs is a gynecologist to join its ranks.
Amid visits to her clients’ homes, Maya comes to idolize the beautiful, successful Amelia. But Amelia’s life isn’t as perfect as it seems. When Amelia’s teenaged daughter is struck with a mysterious ailment, Maya must race to uncover the reason before it’s too late. In the process, she risks losing what’s most important to her and bringing to light a secret of her own that she’s been desperately trying to keep hidden.
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9780593334263
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- ISBN: 9780593334263
- File size: 2583 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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March 1, 2022
Maya Rao is an OB-GYN who just wants to educate women about their bodies. Not getting anywhere with her current hospital administration and being disciplined unfairly convinces Maya that it's time to quit Philadelphia General Hospital. How she's going to continue supporting her husband and three kids . . . she'll figure it out. Amelia DeGilles is the owner of Eunoia, a boutique medical practice that caters to the rich women on the Main Line. A rich woman herself, Amelia is used to getting what she wants. And what she wants is Maya to be her new gynecologist on staff. Maya is hesitant because she's not sure her medical ethics align with Amelia's Goopesque beliefs. When the opportunity begins to prove too good to be true, Maya must decide what part of the American dream she actually wants. Sinha's latest (after The White Coat Diaries, 2020) is women's fiction that deftly handles various themes such as the commodification of wellness, women in healthcare, and the immigrant experience through relatable characters and smart dialogue. A must for contemporary-fiction readers.COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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April 11, 2022
Sinha follows up The White Coat Diaries with a perceptive account of a present-day Philadelphia gynecologist who empathizes with her patients about the difficulties of being a woman. Maya Rao dreams of providing community education on sexual health and anatomy but struggles with the demands of parenthood and disappointment from her working-class Indian immigrant parents about her marriage and career choices. After Maya has an interaction with a patient that she interprets as racist and sexist, she impulsively quits, and later joins Eunoia, a private wellness clinic run by the wealthy Amelia DeGilles, the mother of one of her child’s classmates. Gradually, the healthcare practices of her new clients, such as their preference for natural birth, lead Maya to question her career move and confront her reluctance about returning to obstetrics. Sinha convincingly explores Maya’s struggle between family, work, and self-fulfillment, and offers cogent social commentary on privilege, parenting, and the patriarchy (“women doctors: all the compassion and emotional burnout, none of the power or influence”). A side plot involving Amelia’s daughter and an unexplained illness provides emotional weight, though its denouement borders on the absurd. Nevertheless, Sinha gives readers plenty to chew on. Agent: Jessica Watterson, Sandra Dijkstra Literary.
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