{"product_id":"the-waiting-room-9780062490476","title":"The Waiting Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e is both haunted, and haunting.\"--Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eMarch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Waiting Room \u003cem\u003eunfolds over the course of a single, life-changing day, but the story it tells spans five decades, three continents, and one family's compelling history of love, war, and survival\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Dina's present has always been haunted by her parents' pasts. She becomes a doctor, emigrates, and builds a family of her own, yet no matter how hard she tries to move on, their ghosts keep pulling her back. A dark, wry sense of humor helps Dina maintain her sanity amid the constant challenges of motherhood and medicine, but when a terror alert is issued in her adopted city, her coping skills are pushed to the limit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterlacing the present and the past over a span of twenty-four hours, \u003cem\u003eThe Waiting Room\u003c\/em\u003e is an intense exploration of what it means to endure a day-to-day existence defined by conflict and trauma, and a powerful reminder of just how fragile life can be. As the clock counts down to a shocking climax, Dina must confront her parents' history and decide whether she will surrender to fear, or fight for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaminsky, Leah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLeah Kaminsky is poetry and fiction editor at the \u003cem\u003eMedical Journal of Australia\u003c\/em\u003e. She conceived and edited \u003cem\u003eWriter, M.D.\u003c\/em\u003e, an anthology of contemporary doctor-writers. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eWe're All Going to Die\u003c\/em\u003e, the award-winning poetry collection \u003cem\u003eStitching Things Together\u003c\/em\u003e, and collaborated on the number one Amazon bestseller \u003cem\u003eCracking the Code\u003c\/em\u003e. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317986103570,"sku":"9780062490476","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_813ffd04-62d9-4a3e-937c-a2f18b8a6ecb.jpg?v=1727544713","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-waiting-room-9780062490476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}