personal health

This book by Elaine Christine O' Malley takes you on a journey with a woman who is bullied by a daunting giant: a California HMO. A single mother is injured in a car accident, then over the course of a harrowing two years is subect to abuse by an HMO who refuses to treat her because she is a "complex" patient, or in plain English, just too expensive to treat. What you will read in this book about the doctors in California will surprise and infuriate you. What you will read about the other "ordinary" people who helped along the way will give you faith in the connections you have with your friends, neighbors and family. This book is cathartic to read, as it is as human as it is mythical (David and Goliath, anyone?).