“A deeply meaningful book and a much-needed corrective to our opinions about the natural world, what membership means—in our bodies and in the Body.”
Sheldon Vanauken, author of A Severe Mercy
“An enthralling book that I wish I had had the insight to write.”
C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General
“Reflections and stories by a humane tender of wounds. Paul Brand’s book, like his life as a doctor, is wholly admirable.”
Richard Selzer, author of Mortal Lessons and Confessions of a Knife
“An unusual medical, biological, and spiritual work. A great appreciation of the human body, life, and belief in God fills this book.”
Joseph E. Murray, Nobel Laureate, The New England Journal of Medicine