The Mercy Rule

At first glance, Dr. LucyWeiss looks like a typical high-achieving, upper-middle-class working mother who is raising two children in the suburbs with her husband. But having overcome a difficult childhood in foster care, Lucy knows firsthand what it is like to grow up in the margins. Now a pediatrician, she finds herself working with at-risk patients and their families. Every day she must decide whether a parent's actions are so incompetent -- or so clueless -- that a child is in danger. As she moves between her disparate worlds -- from worrying about her own daughter enduring the social pressures of adolescence to worrying about parents struggling with drugs and impossible living situations -- Lucy must judge herself as a parent, critique other parents, and also deal with the echoes of her childhood.Through it all, she keeps the balance with humor and sympathy. The Mercy Rule is a compassionate and funny novel sure to resonate with those who know the joys and challenges of taking care of children.

Author: Perri Klass
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: 07/08/2009
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780547237848
ISBN10: 0547237847
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Medical