BookPeople Presents: Grace Farris - See One, Do One, Teach One

Please welcome Grace Farris to celebrate See One, Do One, Teach One: The Art of Becoming a Doctor: A Graphic Memoir!

This event is ticketed.

• Start time: 5:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

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About the book:

When do you become a real doctor?

Now a celebrated cartoonist and practicing physician, in 2004 Grace Farris began med school with visions of ER and Scrubs. Across cadaver labs, operating rooms, and lecture halls, she embarked on the arduous road to becoming a doctor.

In her graphic memoir debut, Grace looks back on her journey through medical school and residency in her iconic palate of pastels. Through candid comics, readers experience the box of bones Grace must take home to study, the overwhelming smell of formaldehyde that emanates from the cadaver she dissects, the endless mnemonics and “-ologies” she must learn, and the racism and sexism that confront her in the healthcare system. As she works grueling, thirty-hour shifts and meets with patients from all walks of life, she discovers moments of joy, too: making her first correct diagnosis, matching at a top residency program, and, when she least expects it, falling in love. At the end of her residency, Grace takes on two new roles—attending physician and mother.

Touching and tender, See One, Do One, Teach One is a vivid portrait of the human side of healthcare and what binds patient and doctor together.

About the author:

Grace Farris, MD, is a physician in Austin, Texas, and author–illustrator of Mom Milestones and More Than a Millions. She is a contributor to Cup of Jo and NPR Health’s Shots, and her comics have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, and in art exhibitions in the United States, Ireland, and Austria.

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