This review is part of the Literature World Tour.
Vincent Lam's collection of short stories, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, does a great job telling a series of inter-connected tales, tales of young adults looking to get into medical school through to their lives mid-career.
Doctors have been a part of my own life for as long as I can remember. I wasn't a sickly child — I simply have an extraordinary number of relatives who have entered the medical profession and practise in different fields.
But back to the book. This would be a gentle introduction to short stories for someone who's never been into the format, and as a recent convert to short story writing, I'm really glad I read it.
I found it extremely easy to relate to Ming, Fitz, Chen and Sri's trials and tribulations. I'm not sure if it's being part of the Chinese diaspora and its obsession with academic achievement that I felt I understood the most! I recommended the book to my doctor relatives, and my cousin in Canada told me that she also really enjoyed it and it’s been adapted into a television series — how cool!
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