TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>The Tidal Zone</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 469 LP - 469 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X692885 VL - 67 IS - 663 AU - Dougal Jeffries Y1 - 2017/10/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/663/469.abstract N2 - Sarah Moss Granta, 2016, PB, 336pp, £7.49, 978-1783783076I’ve always believed that doctors and medical students have much to learn from works of fiction, and here is a case in point.Sarah Moss has boldly adopted the first-person narrative voice of a stay-at-home father, Adam, who is married to workaholic GP Emma. They have two daughters, 8-year-old Rose and her 15-year-old sister Miriam. Miriam has had a few episodes of wheezing, but one day, on the playing field at school, she has a cardiac arrest, is resuscitated, and taken into hospital.The book explores the effect of this crisis and its aftermath on the whole family, emphasising the anguish of uncertainty. Adam is desperate to know what caused the incident, whether … ER -