A history of the present illness : stories /
Sixteen linked stories explore the marginalized humanity in communities, hospitals, and nursing homes in San Francisco, including an elderly Chinese immigrant who is forced to make a painful sacrifice and a young veteran whose injuries symbolize the rest of his life.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | Sixteen linked stories explore the marginalized humanity in communities, hospitals, and nursing homes in San Francisco, including an elderly Chinese immigrant who is forced to make a painful sacrifice and a young veteran whose injuries symbolize the rest of his life. |
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| Physical Description: | 259 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781608198306 (hbk.) 1608198308 (hbk.) |