<![CDATA[The Mercy Rule]]>

false <![CDATA[The Mercy Rule]]> 2195488 2 A trenchant, funny, and timely novel about what makes a good parent and who should judge that issue. At first glance, Dr. Lucy Weiss looks like the typical high-achieving, upper-middle-class working mother who, along with her husband, is bringing up much-beloved children in the suburbs. But Lucy's own history makes her an anomaly. Having overcome a difficult childhood in foster care, she is what's called a super-survivor. Now a pediatrician, Lucy finds herself working with some of those same at-risk patients and their families. The Mercy Rule is a novel about the all-important job of taking care of children. Lucy's work takes her back into the world of families living on the edge, where every day she must decide whether a parent's actions are so incompetent—or so clueless—that a child is in danger. It's her job to make the call, and to step in when she has to. As she moves between her disparate worlds—from worrying about her own brilliant but odd son being labeled with a diagnosis to worrying about parents struggling with drugs and impossible living situations—Lucy must judge herself as a parent, critique other parents, and also deal with the echoes of her childhood. Watching Lucy try to keep the balance, enjoy her own children, and look at other families with humor and justice and mercy, readers will understand why Chris Bohjalian said of Perri Klass, "Few writers write as beautifully or as authentically about parenting." 2201225 7 7 2008 The Mercy Rule: A Novel total:108|5:5|4:34|3:44|2:19|1:6| 108 337 211 43 3 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 13:36:22 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 13:42:06 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Fri Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 16:06:48 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 13:14:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 03 15:20:25 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 15:24:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 20:40:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 20:47:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 07:01:31 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 04:12:41 -0800 2009
All that said, I guess I did enjoy it. I kept wanting to go back and read i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:34:16 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:36:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 27 14:00:14 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 14:03:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 17:04:22 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:06:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 19:10:39 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 16:46:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Feb 24 07:28:28 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 07:30:26 -0800 2009
Frankly, it got it's third star because of the concept of a Mercy Rule in real life. There are SO many times I look at a crowd of pare...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 22:04:20 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 22:11:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 21:53:10 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 15:02:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 11:55:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 11:57:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 23:18:09 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 23:19:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 17:59:36 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 18:01:03 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Feb 10 10:47:57 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 01:12:16 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 10:47:57 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 08 21:03:37 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 06:33:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 21:03:37 -0700 2009 want to like it, but it's a bit aimless and choppy. The main character is a successful doctor who survived the foster care system, so she has some serious baggage - this should be a lot more compelling than ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:23:54 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 08:24:36 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 12:40:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 11:59:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:55:41 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:57:46 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6138856