Gemini by Carol Cassella – 352 pages
Book Blurb:
Dr. Charlotte Reese works in the intensive care unit of Seattle’s Beacon Hospital, tending to patients with the most life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Her job is to battle death — to monitor erratic heartbeats, worry over low oxygen levels, defend against infection and demise. One night a Jane Doe is transferred to her care from a rural hospital on the Olympic Peninsula. This unidentified patient remains unconscious, the victim of a hit and run. As Charlotte and her team struggle to stabilize her, the police search for the driver who fled the scene. Enlisting the help of her boyfriend, Eric, a science journalist, Charlotte impulsively sets out to uncover Jane Doe’s past. But the closer they get to the truth, the more their relationship is put to the test. It is only when they open their hearts to their own feelings toward each other — and toward life itself — that Charlotte and Eric will unlock Jane Doe’s shocking secret, and prepare themselves for a miracle.
My Review: 4.5 stars
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I highly recommend this book as a book club pick for 2014. There would be so much to discuss: ethics, medicine, mystery, romance, family, trust and so much of “What would you do?”. This is my first time reading this author and I’m so happy I discovered her. I adored her writing style. Each word was placed perfectly and some sentences spoke volumes in their brevity. The author took an interesting topic and let the reader explore the situation with both the knowledge of a medical professional as well as of a loved one. There is great storytelling in this page-turner of a story that will appeal to the masses.
Quotes I liked:
It would be another decade before she understood that the bliss and curse of adolescence is the capacity to lie better to yourself than to anyone else, especially your own folks.”
– “Raney, you’ve been leaving me since the day you were born. As it should be.”
– “Raney, you’ll make a lot of choices in your life–some like mine and some different. But you can’t know who you are unless you know who you are not. Met you limits and overcome what you can. On your own.”
– “Love is certainly the least rational state of mind…. Love drives knives into perfectly decent if still imperfect husbands and wives.”
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