# Alive: An Alternative Anatomy

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- Authors: [Gabriel Weston](https://www.bookquiver.com/gabriel-weston)
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape
- ISBN: 978-17-8733-061-0
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2025-03-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

For Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. As she became a surgeon, a mother and then a patient herself, she grew increasingly fascinated by the gap between the body she understood as a doctor and the messy reality of living in one. Alive is a captivating investigation into our organs and the role they play in the stories of our lives. In Weston’s hands, a fuller and more human picture of our bodies emerges – more fragile, frightening and miraculous than we could ever have imagined.