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David Rose's story is a poignant slice of life, illuminating real characters in all-too-real circumstances. It's an honest portrayal of human brokenness, exploring heartache and failure and regret with a compassion likely born of painful experience. I highly recommend it. That said, I have to add that professional medical ethics boards, in the United States at least, would most likely suspend Dr. Adam Reid's license and subject him to additional training in physician-patient relationships. Just
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Sometimes love can take us by surprise. We think we know our heart's desire, only to learn that the heart has a timing of its own.
Living on the Knife's edge is a beautifully crafted story. David Rose doesn't shy away from the painful aspects of life; instead he leads us past heartbreak and into true love.
My one regret about reading this story was that I finished it so quickly. I wish there was more. ...more
Living on the Knife's edge is a beautifully crafted story. David Rose doesn't shy away from the painful aspects of life; instead he leads us past heartbreak and into true love.
My one regret about reading this story was that I finished it so quickly. I wish there was more. ...more
I'm going to resist talking about 'the story' in this review. It unfolds beautifully, and as you read, hoping for a happy ending, David Rose keeps you on edge, aware it could just as easily finish in tragedy. The ending is superb.
All I'm going to say about 'the story' is that it is a wonderfully crafted bit of realism, very emotional and moving. You know you've read something really good when it takes you on an emotional journey. Read it yourself and find out why.
Having also read Dragonfire, whi ...more
All I'm going to say about 'the story' is that it is a wonderfully crafted bit of realism, very emotional and moving. You know you've read something really good when it takes you on an emotional journey. Read it yourself and find out why.
Having also read Dragonfire, whi ...more
A romantic drama set in London, this is a contemporary short story about the uncertain business of living. Adam Reid is a young doctor who finds that mending broken lives is not a vocation for the faint-hearted.
