On Call : The Anatomy of My Life as a Surgeon, a Daughter, a Mother

Frank, hilarious, heart-wrenching and intelligent, On Call is a peek inside the life of female general surgeon Dr Ineke Meredith.

It's all in a mad day's work: the good, the bad and the crazy. From a man who swallowed fishhooks to a patients playing pranks, emergency operations in the wee hours, constantly being mistaken for a nurse, and holding hands through silent goodbyes, this is a book about the strange, messy, intense world of surgery.

When Ineke's parents in Samoa fall ill, she is torn between her roles as a surgeon, a daughter, and a single working mother. Are the sacrifices of a life in scrubs worth it? Laugh-out-loud and sobering in equal turns, On Call> is a memoir from inside the operating room and everything it takes to survive.

Ineke Meredith was born in New Zealand to parents of mixed-Samoan heritage. She spent part of her childhood in Samoa but moved to New Zealand after winning a scholarship to study medicine.