Today is the day! Not only is it Valentine’s Day but today is the day the paperback version of “In Stitches” hits stores. I’m really proud of it. For those of you who haven’t heard, it’s a laugh-out-loud memoir about growing up Asian American and becoming a plastic surgeon.
From Publisher’s Weekly:
In his first book Youn looks back from the cushy perspective of the plastic surgeon at his transformation, letting readers in on a secret: it wasn’t easy. Young Youn was an outcast, an “Asian American…in near wall-to-wall whiteness”; his adolescence was an accumulation of sour moments eventually leading to medicine. But the journey, as Youn describes it, is hilarious. A dedicated student, he spends much of his time with his roommates in the “nerd room.” He practices sutures on pig’s feet and chicken breasts. His roommates tutor him in matters of love and lust. Only two hours into his very first rotation, Youn loses his first patient; “Patients die. Get used to it. This is a hospital,” the attending barks at him. As Youn moves through specialty rotations, agonizing over what to select, his father urges him to make the right choice: pediatrics, for instance, means a life of “tiny people, tiny dollah!” Ironically, it’s a night during Youn’s Peds rotation that changed the course of his life. Youn’s description of his journey from high-school outcast to rock star plastic surgeon is full of fascinating stories and laced with self-deprecating humor in the midst of dark desperation, providing a refreshing insight into medicine
There are a few changes to the paperback version from the hardcover. The cover design has changed, and I’ve removed a large amount of unnecessary language (a.k.a. swear words) from the text. Otherwise, it’s the same story that has earned raves from N.Y. Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster, author/TV host Rachael Ray, and countless writers and bloggers.
If you’re buying the paperback version of “In Stitches,” feel free to drop it off at my office. I’d be happy to sign it for you!
To learn more about In Stitches or read excerpts, please click HERE.
To purchase your own copy of In Stitches, the paperback, please click HERE.
THANK YOU to everyone who buys my story! I guarantee you will enjoy it!
