{"product_id":"fifty-beating-wonders-a-doctors-search-for-meaning-and-the-miraculous-in-the-emergency-room-9781460770320","title":"Fifty Beating Wonders: A doctor's search for meaning and the miraculous in the Emergency Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike \u003cem\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air, Being Mortal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Emperor of All Maladies, Fifty Beating Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning book about the magnificent complexity of the human body and the miracle of being human. It is absorbing, uplifting, moving and celebratory - a wonder indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFifty Beating Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e is a book about the marvels and majesty of the human body, by an emergency physician who has spent the last thirty-five years doing her utmost to fix those bodies when they come to her broken. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of one shift, and one catastrophic motorcycle crash, this spellbinding narrative takes us into the mind of a doctor trying to figure out why her heart is beating so fast every time she enters the hospital, and deep into the wonders of our astonishing biology, revealing that in every unsung, overlooked part of us, there is absurdity, marvel, awe and surprise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA joyous love song to the body, \u003cem\u003eFifty Beating Wonders \u003c\/em\u003eshows what really happens inside an emergency department - the striving, the failures, the triumphs - and confronts us with the most wondrous and perplexing question of all: what makes us human?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eFIFTY BEATING WONDERS\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A soaring work of incredible insight and elegance'  Sarah Krasnostein, \u003cem\u003eThe Mushroom Tapes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What a remarkable book! Michelle Johnston walks a gleaming wire across a torrent of emergency room action and medical miracles, never once overbalancing. How a book can be both nurturing and breakneck I don't know, but apparently it can - because here it is'  Tegan Bennett Daylight, \u003cem\u003eThe Details\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book of wonders throws up the curtain for us mortals to see our miraculous messy bodies and the deepest wishes and fears of those magicians that fix us' Tim Rogers, \u003cem\u003eDetours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A scintillating love letter to the human body - and the people who inhabit them. A essential book for every medical student and young doctor, but also anyone who has ever been a patient'  Neela Janakiramanan, \u003cem\u003eThe Registrar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781460770320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 27 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: New South Wales, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.2(L)x1.8(W)312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 312\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eMichelle Johnston is both an author and an emergency physician. These occupations are not always the easiest of bedfellows. She is a Staff Specialist at the Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department, a busy inner-city trauma centre where she works as both clinician and teacher. Michelle's first novel, Dustfall, was published by UWA Publishing in February 2018 and shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize for a debut novel in 2019. Her second novel, Tiny Uncertain Miracles, was published by HarperCollins in 2022, followed by The Revisionists in 2025 and Fifty Beating Wonders in 2026.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Michelle Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51528068890841,"sku":"9781460770320","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781460770320.jpg?v=1794035230","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/fifty-beating-wonders-a-doctors-search-for-meaning-and-the-miraculous-in-the-emergency-room-9781460770320","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}