208 pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2014
Maria Phamile's account of why, after nine years of study and four years of practice, she chose to give up working as a medical doctor. She also speaks to other doctors who have made a similar choice and exposes the often unbearable pressures that come with working as a doctor in South Africa.
Maria Phalime is the recipient of the City Press Tafelberg Nonfiction Award.