{"product_id":"surgeon-on-the-edge-paperback","title":"Surgeon on the Edge - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Mei Hardin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurgeon on the Edge is a literary memoir about the cost of becoming a surgeon and the even greater cost of leaving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrances Mei Hardin, MD-a former ENT surgeon turned writer and entrepreneur-invites readers into the interior life of modern medical training: the devotion, the brutality, the prestige, and the quiet unraveling that happens when a person learns to outrun their own limits for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than follow a traditional hero's journey, the memoir unfolds as a katabasis-a descent into the underworld of residency and the long, uneven climb back to herself. Structured through the hypnosis sessions she pursued as an attending, the book returns to the moments she could not fully inhabit at the time: the operating rooms and call nights that demanded more than she had, the subtle dissociation that became a survival strategy, and the exquisite competence that masked a life growing increasingly narrow and airless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardin writes with the precision of a surgeon and the emotional clarity of a novelist, dissecting the hidden curriculum of medical culture: the shame around vulnerability, the cult of endurance, the performance of invincibility, and the way ambition can silently harden into identity. As she traces her journey toward stepping away from the profession she fought a decade to enter, she asks the question that sits at the center of so many high-achieving lives: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho am I when the work that once defined me no longer fits?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurgeon on the Edge is not simply a story about medicine. It is a story about embodiment, reinvention, and the courage to stop living a life out of alignment with oneself. It speaks to anyone wrestling with burnout, trapped in a role they have outgrown, or navigating the quiet grief of realizing that success does not always feel like freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinching, elegant, and deeply human, Surgeon on the Edge is an autopsy and a reclamation: a story of breaking, returning, and choosing a life that finally feels like your own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987468321069,"sku":"9798992233964","price":20.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9YNjGK7BWu9798992233964.webp?v=1776178887","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/surgeon-on-the-edge-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}