Fragile

Beauty in Chaos, Grace in Tragedy, and the Hope That Lives in Between

By: Shannon Sovndal

Narrated by: Shannon Sovndal

Life is fragile.

When Shannon Sovndal started medical school, he was confident and motivated and felt invincible. He thought he was going in with his eyes wide open. Really, he had no clue. Nothing could prepare him for the harsh reality of being a compassionate human and working as an ER doctor.

In his emotionally charged memoir, Sovndal examines the tenuous balance between trying to compartmentalize the trauma of tragedy while also preserving his own humanity. With candor and humility, Fragile pulls back the curtain on the ER, a place where Sovndal has learned that universal truths about the human condition can be discovered...if you pause long enough to take a breath.

At turns heartbreaking and heartwarming, serious and funny, Sovndal’s memoir is about trying to reconcile the beautiful and horrific tension that makes life so fragile, and how accepting that hard truth opens us up to appreciate life’s most precious moments - which are often the ones most filled with connection, hope, and love.

©2020 Shannon Sovndal (P)2020 Shannon Sovndal

Awesome book

It is a great book that grabs you from the beginning and takes you through the story as if you were witnessing the events in the moment. I'll recommend it to all my friends!

Finally!

As a retired RN, and someone who was also an EMT-P, this is a book that really put words to so many of my own experiences, thoughts and feelings.

I love reading about the roads travelled by others in their journey through medicine, but this is by far the most honest and real. Thanks!

Author was an excellent narrator.

Spending 40 years as a medical provider myself, I could relate to so much in this book. it was well written and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Excellent

Loved the book. Dr. Sovndal uses excellent real life experiences not just as an ER doctor but from his personal life. I highly recommend this book.

Dr. Sovndal thank you for being on the Frontline now during COVID-19.

Fascinating look into what it means to be an emergency medicine doctor

Sovndal shares his personal experiences in an engaging and vulnerable way. And in his own voice you can hear and feel the emotions.
Those who choose this way to serve others can seem aloof in person but hearing this story the humanity shines through.