THE CARE OF STRANGERS (OLD TITLE: THE LOVE OF STRANGERS)

Book ID/图书代码： 08885020C00002

English Summary/英文概要： Winner of the 2019 Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize, From the Love of Strangers is a moving story about friendship set in a gritty Brooklyn hospital, where a young woman learns to take charge of her life by taking care of others.

Working as an orderly in a gritty Brooklyn public hospital, Sima is often reminded by her superiors that she’s the least important person there. An immigrant who, with her mother, escaped vicious anti-Semitism in Poland, she spends her shifts transporting patients, observing the doctors and residents ... and quietly nurturing her aspirations to become a doctor herself by going to night school. Now just one credit short of graduating, she finds herself faltering in the face of pressure from her mother not to overreach, and to settle for the life she has now.
Everything changes when Sima encounters Mindy Kahn, an intern doctor struggling through her residency. Sensing a fellow outsider in need of support, Sima bonds with Mindy over their patients, and learns the power of truly letting yourself care for another person, helping to give her the courage to face her past, and take control of her future.
A moving story about vulnerability and friendship, From the Love of Strangers is the story of one woman’s discovery that sometimes intractions with strangers are the best way to find yourself.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在布魯克林一家公立醫院擔任雜工人員的Sima時常被她的主管提醒她是這裡最無足輕重的人。身為一個移民，她和她的母親從充斥反猶主義的波蘭逃亡到這裡，她輪班協助搬運病患，也在夜校中默默地懷抱著自己有一天能為醫生的夢想。而就在她只差一個學分就可以畢業之際，她卻因母親過度插手她的生活而感到巨大的壓力。當Sima遇到Mindy Kahn--一個正努力爭取居留權的實習醫生時，一切都發生了改變。同為需要幫助的局外人，Sima和Mindy透過他們照顧的病人而成為朋友，並領會到當你真心地關懷他人，你將會生出巨大的能量，而這讓她有勇氣面對過去並掌控自己的未來。

一個感人的故事，關於脆弱和友誼，也關於一個女性發現有時候與陌生人間的牽絆和互動，是發現自我最好的方式。 (Zoe)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Ellen Michaelson is a physician in Portland, Oregon, and an MFA graduate from Pacific University. Her work has appeared in Portland Monthly, Women in Solitude (SUNY Press), and Literature in Medicine. This is her first book.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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