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02414aam a22003618i 4500 001 41D1FC22B4A811ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220405011336 008 210527s2021 onc b 000 0aeng 020 $a 1989496415 020 $a 9781989496411 035 $a (OCoLC)1252846031 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a RJ43.N69 A3 2021x 055 0 $a RJ43 N69 A3 2021 100 1 $a Nowaczyk, MaÅgorzata $q (MaÅgorzata J. M.), $e author. 245 10 $a Chasing zebras : $b a memoir of genetics, mental health and writing / $c Margaret Nowaczyk. 263 $a 202111 264 1 $a Hamilton, ON, Canada : $b James Street North Books, $c 2021. 300 $a 300 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "When Margaret Nowaczyk immigrated to Canada with her family from Poland she was determined to be Canadian, whatever that meant, and she was equally determined to be a doctor. Arriving as a teen with an English vocabulary deeply influenced by the few English books she had, including Somerset Maugham's The Painted Veil, Margaret made her way through medical school at the University of Toronto, followed by residencies at Toronto's SickKids until she settled in at McMaster University Hospital as a clinical geneticist. From leaving Communist Poland to enduring the demands of medical school, through living with a long undiagnosed mental illness to discovering the fascinating field of genetics, plunging into the pressures of prenatal diagnosis and finally finding the tools of writing and of narrative medicine, Margaret shares a journey that is both inspiring and harrowing. This is a story of constant effort, of growth, of tragedy and of triumph, and most of all, of the importance of openness. In the end, Dr. Nowaczyk invites us all to see that 'life is precious and fragile and wondrous and full of mistakes.' And to keep trying."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Nowaczyk, MaÅgorzata $q (MaÅgorzata J. M.) 650 0 $a Pediatricians $z Canada $v Biography. 650 0 $a Geneticists $z Canada $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mentally ill $z Canada $v Biography. 650 0 $a Narrative medicine. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220706021308.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=41D1FC22B4A811ECBDCF981B5BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search