Working Stiff

*Working Stiff* is Dr. Judy Melinek's fearless memoir of her "rookie season" as a New York City forensic pathologist. Starting just two months before 9/11, Melinek recounts two years investigating some of the city's most harrowing deaths, including the September 11 attacks, the anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the American Airlines flight 587 crash. With mordant wit, she pulls back the curtain on the real morgue, revealing the unglamorized truth of death investigation and its profound impact on her life as both a physician and a mother, contrasting sharply with TV depictions.

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