Medical Memoirs

Elizabeth Silver’s memoir, The Tincture of Time: A Memoir of (Medical) Uncertainty, is set against the unexplained stroke of the author’s newborn daughter and recounts her daughter’s first year. Hospice consultant and expert in quality of life at the end of life, Melanie P. Merriman, presents her poignant and timely memoir, Holding the Net: Caring for My Mother on the Tightrope of Aging, which shares her struggle to care for her fiercely independent aging mother. Neurologist Joel Salinas chronicles his experiences as a doctor living with synesthesia in his new book, Mirror Touch: Notes from a Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain.