{"product_id":"under-the-knife","title":"Under the Knife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife lessons from the operating theatre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Lays bare the highs and lows of life as a lady surgeon. Riveting’ Cathy Rentzenbrink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDr Liz O’Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who has battled against social, physical and mental challenges to practise at the top of her field. \u003ci\u003eUnder the Knife\u003c\/i\u003e charts her incredible highs – performing like a couture dressmaker as she moulded and reshaped women’s breasts, while saving their lives – and the heart-breaking lows of telling ten women a day they had cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut this memoir is more than just an eye-opening look at the realities of training to be a female surgeon in a man’s world. In addition to this high-powered, high-pressured role, Liz faced her own breast cancer diagnosis, severe depression and suicidal thoughts, in tandem with commonplace sexual harassment and bullying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy revealing how she coped when her life crashed around her, she demonstrates there is always hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Gave me a real insight into what it takes to become a surgeon, and how hard it is to be a breast cancer patient when you know far too much about it’ \u003cb\u003eJane Garvey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Liz O’Riordan takes us behind the scenes with the ruthless precision of someone who knows how to wield a scalpel and a pen. A real action-driven page-turner, the book also makes a thought-provoking contribution to the wider debate on how we look after our healthcare professionals’ \u003cb\u003eCathy Rentzenbrink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Liz opens herself up to us like a patient opened up on an operating table, shining a bright light onto what it is to be a human being who holds the fates of other human beings in their hands’ \u003cb\u003eGreg Wise\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘With extraordinary candour, breast surgeon Liz O’Riordan reveals the emotional journey unleashed by her own diagnosis of breast cancer\u003cb\u003e’ Dr Kathryn Mannix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1800182414\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"qqy0ab-qvpcmb-7p7gvs-sznxso\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-4\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"k3plzx-ghxh30-877zms-9ctpu6\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstanceWixvb7W9smFWnnAUqDNPhA\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_3\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"1800182414\" data-customer-id=\"A8IHFYU83GS38\" data-marketplace=\"A1F83G8C2ARO7P\" data-session-id=\"257-5606456-4803107\" data-logged-in=\"true\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a0\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a0\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\"\u003eHardback: 336pp\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a4\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a4\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\"\u003ePublished: Wilton Square (October 2025)\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6 data-w-id=\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a8\" data-wf-id='[\"0341c49b-8768-ae98-1570-96e1bf3eb3a8\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-input\"\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e9781800182417\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wilton Square","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58627804758400,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1271\/4023\/files\/71f9xum3w9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1785754358","url":"https:\/\/www.eye-books.com\/products\/under-the-knife","provider":"Eye Books Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}