Very Best of Care - by Julie Hatch (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

For fans of medical dramas like Grey's Anatomy and thriller authors like Robin Cook, a debut novel about one woman's attempt to fight back against the dark underbelly of medical malpractice in the NICU in order to save her premature babies' life.

New York, 2012. A young mother stumbles on a disturbing secret: the health system is so broken that the lives of newborns and the unborn are no longer safe.

Three and a half months before her due date, Sophie Young is forced to deliver her tiny two-pound son--a baby boy barely old enough to survive. Caught in the labyrinth of hospital secrecy, Sophie meets the dark side of modern medicine: corruption, exploitation, and profiteering. When she discovers that a prominent physician has joined forces with Big Pharma to exploit pregnant women and their babies, she races to bring the guilty to justice and save her son before it's too late.

In the end, Sophie has one message for her enemy: It's a law of nature--never come between a mother and her child.

Review Quotes

"A fast-paced novel that immerses readers in the high-stakes world of hospital NICUs, where tensions between doctors, nurses, and expectant parents play out amid the pressures of for-profit healthcare. With sharp insight into the tangled relationships between hospitals, pharma, and insurance, Hatch crafts a gripping story that builds to a powerful crescendo."--Francesco Paola, author of Left on Rancho

"Unapologetically graphic, deeply disturbing, and all to believable."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Julie Hatch is a master's prepared pediatric nurse practitioner with a passion for kids' health and welfare. She spent over thirty years working in pediatric and neonatal intensive care. Ten years ago, she left Western medicine to earn a master's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine and open her own acupuncture practice. At the same time, she began writing medical fiction, drawing on her experiences from the front lines of intensive care. This is her debut novel. Julie lives with her husband on the south coast of Massachusetts.