Hodder & Stoughton Where Does it Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor did next by Max Pemberton

Where Does it Hurt?: What the Junior Doctor did next by Max Pemberton follows on from the bestselling Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor. This sequel centres on his second year of medicine, with Max working on the streets for the Phoenix Outreach Project rather than on hospital wards.

Key details

• Author: Max Pemberton
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Sequel to Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor
• Set during the author’s second year of medicine
• Features work with the Phoenix Outreach Project

Synopsis

Max returns as a junior doctor, but his first year in hospital has not fully prepared him for working on the streets with the Phoenix Outreach Project. Fuelled by tea and more enthusiasm than experience, he sets out to find and treat a wide range of patients, including Molly, an 80-year-old drugs mule, and an encounter with God in a Tesco car park, alongside middle-class mothers addicted to appearances and pain killers.

As he takes this turn in his career, his friends disapprove, his mother worries, and members of the public spit at him. Even with warnings that miracles are rare and not every life can be turned around, Max remains determined to make a difference, moving from innocence to experience without losing his humanity.