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Andrew Lam, M.D. is the award-winning author of Saving Sight, Two Sons of China, and Repentance. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and Washington Post. He is a retinal surgeon with a history degree from Yale and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Dr. Lam's first book, Saving Sight (Irie Books 2013), about his work as an eye surgeon, was an Amazon bestseller. His first novel, Two Sons of China, (Bondfire Books 2014) won a Forewords Reviews Book of the Year award in 2014. His latest novel, Repentance (Tiny Fox Press 2019), is a Japanese American WWII family drama closely entwined with the history of the highly decorated Nisei 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

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	Repentance 4.36 avg rating — 104 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saving Sight: An Eye Surgeon's Look at Life Behind the Mask and the Heroes Who Changed the Way We See 4.54 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Sons of China 4.23 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Andrew Lam rated a book it was amazing As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I really liked this book. It was a page turner for me and probably for anyone who loved the film (who doesn't?).
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Andrew Lam rated a book it was amazing The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) by Suzanne Collins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Overall excellent. Just as good as the original trilogy. Ending was perhaps a little pat and denouement a little too convenient for what we know had to happen for the sake of the overarching saga but still this was a page turner and fun to read.
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Andrew Lam rated a book it was amazing The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0) by Suzanne Collins	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Overall excellent. Just as good as the original trilogy. Ending was perhaps a little pat and denouement a little too convenient for what we know had to happen for the sake of the overarching saga but still this was a page turner and fun to read.
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Andrew Lam rated a book really liked it The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Andrew Lam rated a book it was amazing Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Andrew Lam rated a book it was amazing The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Full disclosure - Gail Tsukiyama is an extremely kind and generous author who read and provided a blurb for my novel Repentance - so I think she's great! I can honestly say that her new novel is very beautifully written and a joy to read. It's set in ...more
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Andrew Lam made a comment on Sex Money Murder Being Adapted for TV " Congrats! It will be fabulous, I'm sure. "
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Andrew Lam and 1 other person liked Jonathan Green's blog post: Sex Money Murder Being Adapted for TV "Thank you to all the readers of Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood and Betrayal. Some of you may be interested to hear that the book is being adapted for a possible TV show produced by 50 Cent and Oscar-winning producer Nicole Rocklin. ht..." Read more of this blog post »
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Andrew Lam rated a book it was amazing Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Excellent book that gives fascinating details that even people who already know a lot about the Revolution will learn from. Great writing. Really enjoyed this one.
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Andrew Lam rated a book really liked it 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Another excellent book from Harari. This guy is really smart.
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