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2019 Readers’ Favorite Awards Bronze Medal Winner in Fiction (Women’s)
2019 Best Book Awards Finalist in Women’s Fiction
2019 Independent Press Awards: Distinguished Favorites
2019 Connecticut Press Club: Adult Fiction, 2nd place
“Drawing from her experience as a radiologist, Frimmer’s poignant debut examines a beautifully authentic mother-daughter relationship and the challenges inherent in a breast cancer diagnosis. Her writing is both heartfelt and astute—this book will stick with you long after you’ve finished reading it.”
—Emily Liebert, USA Today bestselling author
“This book captures the anxiety and fear I see in all of my patients with breast cancer. The alternating story line highlights the struggles of medical training and learning to be a good doctor. I didn’t want this book to end.”
—Dr. Richard Zelkowitz, dedicated breast oncologist at Norwalk Hospital
“Gripping, tender, and insightful, Bedside Manners is a testament to the intensity of a career in medicine and the transcendent bonds of family … my absolute favorite kind of book.”
—Kimmery Martin, author of The Queen of Hearts
“Author Heather Frimmer’s debut novel, Bedside Manners, is a study of family dynamics and emotional medical meanderings, all set within the framework of the heart-wrenching subject: breast cancer. Frimmer’s experience as a physician serves her well, and adds real gravitas to her story, which builds with intense excitement at every turn. . . . This is one of those books you can’t wait to pick up and won’t want to put down. Frimmer’s sophisticated, descriptive and insightful writing shines, and will grip readers from page one all the way to its breathtaking conclusion―a delicious page-turner that will seduce you into wanting to read more of this writer’s work.”
―Judith Marks-White, author of Seducing Harry and Bachelor Degree
“In this wonderful debut, Heather Frimmer channels her experience as a physician to humanize the stories about breast cancer presented in the media. Bedside Manners is a medical story, a mother-daughter tale, and a coming of age narrative, all rolled up into one absorbing story. Joyce and Marnie are both touchingly real and relatable. I rooted for them both up to the very last page.”
—Alisyn Camerota, author of Amanda Wakes Up and cohost of CNN’s morning show New Day
“A warm and insightful glimpse from both sides of the examining table. Frimmer merges the experiences of doctor and patient as this mother-daughter relationship faces a frightening diagnosis.”
—Leah DeCesare, award-winning author of Forks, Knives, and Spoons
“Frimmer’s debut novel takes on cancer, interfaith relationships, and mother-daughter dynamics with grace and humor. Bedside Manners is a genuine depiction of love, fear, and hope, and both educatges and satisfies in presenting how we endure illness and bad choices—by forging essential human connections and trusting the most important organ of all, our heart.”
—Nina Sankovitch, author of Tolstoy and the Purple Chair
