Kate's review
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
by Susan Wicklund
Kate's review
This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor by Susan Wicklund
Kate's review
rating:
recommended for: everyone
This is a very powerful and interesting book. Wicklund really lays it all out there for the reader, including diary entries. For someone who mostly reads irony filled fiction, the sincerity of this book made me a bit uncomfortable at times. The focus is on abortion of course, but it was also really interesting for me to just read a story about a woman going through med school and building a career regardless of her speciality. I realized that we don't get to see that much - how a career path can be very twisted and not the straight shot that we think it's going to be.
I had the luck to see Wicklund when she came through Portland and she was very personable and powerful in person as well, so that definitely added to the book for me.
Bottom line: A very powerful book that is about the intracacies of personal choice and community.
I had the luck to see Wicklund when she came through Portland and she was very personable and powerful in person as well, so that definitely added to the book for me.
Bottom line: A very powerful book that is about the intracacies of personal choice and community.
