In StitchesFor anyone who has ever felt like an outsider, a hilarious fish-out-of-water memoir about a young Korean-American nerd turned renowned plastic surgeon that will make readers stand up and cheer. Tony Youn grew up up one of two Asian-American kids in a small town of near wall-to-wall whiteness. Too tall and too thin, he wore thick Coke-bottle glasses, braces, Hannibal Lecter headgear, and had a protruding jaw that one day began to grow, expanding Pinocchio-like, protruding to an unthinkable, monstrous size. After high school graduation, while other seniors partied at the shore or explored Europe, Youn lay strapped in an oral surgeon’s chair as he broke his jaw, then reset it and wired it shut for six weeks. Ironically, it was this brutal makeover that led him to his life's calling -- and the four years of angst, flubs, triumphs, non-stop studying and intermittant heavy drinking that eventually earned him an M.D. Thanks to a small circle of close friends and an obsessive drive to overachieve, Youn transformed from a shy, skinny, awkward nerd with no confidence and no clue into a renowned and successful plastic surgeon. In Stitches is a heartfelt, candid, and laugh-out-loud memoir of one man's bumpy road to becoming a doctor and learning to be confortable in his own skin. |
Contents
The Face in the Ceiling | 1 |
Jawzilla | 21 |
Little Asia | 61 |
A Show of Hands | 85 |
Flower Street | 113 |
SecondYear Crush | 133 |
Third Year | 149 |
First Do No Harm Oops | 151 |
Shrink Rap | 197 |
This Is Spinal Tap | 203 |
Mommy Dearest | 213 |
Fourth Year | 223 |
Thanksgiving Story | 225 |
Beverly Hills Bloodsuckers | 237 |
Monkey Time | 255 |
Match Madness | 263 |
Role Model | 165 |
Miracle of Birth Occurs for 83 Billionth Time | 175 |
If You Dont Cut You Suck | 183 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
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