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Oxygen is a riveting novel by a real-life anesthesiologist, an intimate story of relationships and family that collides with a high-stakes medical drama.

"Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching hospital has fitted several ORs as "hybrid operating rooms of the future"--an improvement that seems positive until an anesthesia error during a routine procedure results in the death of an otherwise healthy man....

Neel Sarath, an Indian-American anesthesiologist, believes he has distanced himself from traditional Indian life with his blonde American girlfriend, his Porsche, and his Pine-Sol-scented condo. But after his family tricks him into coming home for an arranged marriage, the newlyweds surprise each other. Leila, the woman who becomes his wife, is not the meek traditional girl he expected. Both Neel and Leila struggle to reconcile their own desires...

"Dr Tristan Holmes is an expert at two things - high-risk anesthesia and pleasing women. Sure, she plans on settling down someday - like in maybe ten years time. But when she meets Jett McNally, she can't understand why her lover wants more than just a good time."--Provided by publisher.

"H Is for Hawk meets Grief Is the Thing with Feathers in this evocative debut novel about a pill-popping anesthesiologist and avid birder who embarks on a quest to find one of the world's rarest species, allowing nothing to get in his way--until he's forced to confront his obsessions and what they've cost him. Anesthesiologist Adrian Mandrick is filled with contradictory impulses. He wants to be a good husband to his wife and a good father to his...