Waiting Room - by Diane Flacks (Paperback)

About the Book

With wry humor and sharp insight, Waiting Room examines medical ethics and compassion in critical situations.

Book Synopsis

Chrissie and Jeremy have spent a great deal of time waiting--for news of their baby daughter's post-operation recovery, for weekly scans to show that her tumor is gone, for forty-five-second updates from Dr. Malloy, their brilliant but arrogant pediatric neuro-oncologist. The hospital waiting room has become a second home where they constantly struggle with a series of difficult decisions.

About the Author

Diane Flacks is a writer and performer whose critically acclaimed solo shows, Myth Me, By a Thread, Random Acts, and Bear With Me--based on her book by the same title--have toured North America. She has also written for television, including for Kids in the Hall where she was twice nominated for an Emmy and Gemini with the writing team. Some of her other television writing credits include Working the Engels, Baroness Von Sketch Show, and Young Drunk Punk, as well as a film adaptation of her play Sibs, co-written with Richard Greenblatt. Diane can be heard on your radio as CBC's national parenting columnist and as a contributor to DNTO and Tapestry. She is a proud mom of two awesome boys, and lives in Toronto.