TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>Mend the Living</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 466 LP - 466 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X692873 VL - 67 IS - 663 AU - Maryam Naeem Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/663/466.abstract N2 - Maylis de Kerangal Translated by Jessica Moore MacLehose Press, 2016, PB, 240pp, £8.99, 978-0857053855At 05:50 Simon Limbeau’s mobile alarm goes off, alerting this vibrant 20-year-old lover, brother, son, and friend to the start of a day meant to be filled with the thrill and pleasure of surfing. By 05:49 the following morning, Simon’s heart is taking its very first beats inside 50-year-old Claire Mejan.This is the story of what unfolds within those 24 hours: of cruel endings and of new and difficult beginnings. It is the story of how we are defined by who we love, what we are, what we do. Of medicine as salvation … ER -