Smile: The Story of a Face - Chapters 28 - 32 Summary & Analysis

Sarah Ruhl
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Smile: The Story of a Face - Chapters 28 - 32 Summary & Analysis

Sarah Ruhl
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In Chapter 28: "The Good Doctor and Gratitude," Sarah says the best doctors are those who use their expertise while listening. When Tony swore his Hippocratic oath, Sarah worried that he would have to care for patients as much as his family. She said that the good doctors continued to observe and listen, even through a mask. Once, Julie said that many of her struggling patients would write a list of things they were grateful for. Sarah wrote her own list, believing that everyone has different successes and failures. Then, her troubles felt insignificant.

Chapter 29: "Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong, or Grow Accustomed to Your Face" begins with a picture of the poet, Allen Ginsberg, who was mistakenly diagnosed with a stroke instead of Bell’s palsy. After ten years, Sarah decided to not hide from her face and learned that the brain could recreate cells. Sarah...

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