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the book is fiction, the author is a pediatrician, Writes about Maggie Claymore, a specialist who works in the NICU in a hospital in Boston, Someone begins posting flyers around the hospital, saying that she is a fake and harms patients, Is a good mystery that is revealed in the middle of the book, I enjoyed learning about the NICU and also about the relationships between doctors, This book was wholly unsatisfying, I rarely say that I wish I had not spent time reading a particular book, that I got nothing out of it, but this would be the exception.
While the premise was promising, the story is all over the place, The writing is awkward, editing poor, Good concept turned bad. I was left a bit confused, it was not at all what I was expecting, in the beginning or the end.
I am not sure what I think at all based on that, It was not a bad book or a bad story by any means, but I am left wondering how the title is connected to the story.
I cant quite find words and wonder if it is me, . . it would be nice to have someone else read the book and discuss it to see if anyone else feels this way after reading it.
I finished it. It wasent a painful read, BUT I definitely agree with the people who said the book went downhill somewhere in the middle, The end was unsatisfying, some of the characters were just overly annoying in a very unlikable way, I do believe it tackled sexism in a very real life and subtle way, The writing was decent. I didn't suffer through this but it took me a really long time to finish because I just wasn't so interested.
This book could have beenuntil the end, I just felt like there were too many loose ends, I wanted more closure. Story of female physician who works in the neonatal unit of a Boston hospital, Bumpy read in some place but smart and thoughtful, She works through a personalprofessional crisis, I love workplace stories and enjoyed this one, Though not much of a mystery this is quite a good tale, The main protagonist is a neonatal nurse and you learn a lot about care of premature infants, The title refers to the change in the way babies get oxygen when the become independent beings rather than "paracites" in their mother's body.
Pat's bookclub recommends Chicago I read this book while I was working nights in the NICU, and it was very fitting.
I really love working in the NICU, and this book shares some of that world with readers, It was an easy, fastpaced read and engrossing,

I am such a sucker for people who can write well about medical experience, It makes me feel understood, or something, I've never read a book quite like this one, but I enjoyed it, This was a very quick read and more of a psychological study than a mystery, I understand the author is a pediatrician, which explains the many medicalspecific descriptions which served to back up the real feel of this fiction rather than take away from it.
Enjoyable overall, but I'm not certain I'd read another novel by this author, I chose this author because she's a fairly wellknown knitter, as well as a doctor, Since I'm kind of familiar with her through articles and patterns she has designed, I thought it would be interesting, I actually loved the book! There is a lot of profane languagewell a lot for mebut in spite of that distraction I found the look into the thoughts and feelings of the characters really intriguing.
It was also an interesting glimpse into the medical world that didn't require a medical degree to read and understand, The drama, the relationships, the stress, and the sheer aggravation of some of life's "injustices" made me unable to put it down until I finished it! If you're looking for complete resolution to a mystery, you might find this unsatisfying, but if you like subtle resolutions and good character development, you'll like this book! A pediatrician writing about a neonatologist It made for a good read and a look into the NICU.
A bit disjointed in parts but some good suspense, I just did not get any closure with the ending, Overall, I really enjoyed this book, Most of the story takes place inside a hospital where I someday hope to work, While this was a fictional novel, I learned a lot of fun little trivia facts a long the way, such as that a fetus's skin is almost like a gel untilweeks.
The author, Perri Klass, is herself a pediatrician and I like how she expressed her knowledge through Maggie, the main character.
There was controversy in the book, like when the doctors were at a disagreement with what they should do with a severely sick baby.
I am glad that Klass put this her book because I am sure it is a common occurrence inside hospitals,

There were a few things that I didn't like about the book, At the beginning it was really hard to read since it seemed to ramble and be all over the place, For example, in chapterit says "Her baby, singlehandedly and handily snatched away from deathare they taking proper care of him Paying full and proper attention to his many needs And anyway, who would send her an anonymous letter" I understand that this is part of the author's character development since we are getting a glimpse into Maggie's mind to see the thoughts that flow from it.
Elsewhere in the book, Klass doesn't use any distinguishing grammar to designate what is being spoken and what is being thought.
It gets a little bit confusing, Especially in the beginning of the book, Maggie didn't seem like a real character, She seemed almost too perfect as we were told how she is organized, orderly, takes care with her appearance and is the best neonatal doctor around.
She also cusses every once in awhile and I don't think it fits with Maggie's character, For somebody who cares so much about her reputation and appearance, she doesn't seem like the type of person to cuss.


The perpetrator does not get punished at the end, I am sure that bothers a lot of readers, but I actually praise Klass for ending her book like that, Not only is it an ending that reader's weren't expecting, it also makes the story more realitic, Every day people do harm to others and go unpunished for it,

This was the story of Maggie, a type A NICU doctor who comes under attack by a jealous colleague.
The story was a quick read and interesting, but in the end, I didn't love the characters, It was fun however, to read about a Maggie and Dan, since my husband and I are a Maggie and Dan.
This has been beside my bed for a while, Another excellent novel by the great Perri Klass, perhaps her best, I originally rated this a three, but the more I thought about it, I decided to change it to a two.
It took me a while to get into it, and I'm not all that sure I ever did, And the end was unsatisfying, I guess I prefer my books all wrapped up and tidy with no loose ends sticking out,

I hated this book, You think it's a mystery and then BAM! Three quarters thru you're suddenly in the perpetrator's head with no leadup, Odd syntax. I just thought it was very poorly written, If I'm going to give up on a book I normally do it pretty early on but I got maybe/through this and just ditched it.
"When you stomp out on a domestic scene, leaving your sparring partner behind, shocked by your sudden and decisive action, what you really want, of course, is to hear the running feet behind you, to be chased and caught by a penitent and guiltstricken fellow who has realized with sudden, drastic force as the door slammed behind you that you are the sweetest and most precious thing in his life.
" Interesting book for the glimpse of NICU care, The end didn't satisfy me, thoughI like my loose ends tied up, The author of Mysteries of Breathing is a pediatrcian, whose columns and magazine articles I've sometimes run across and enjoyed.
When I saw that she'd written a novel, I wanted to read it, and I'm glad I did, Howevever, Klass plays with the narrator, who is omniscient and not above judging the novel's protagonist, a woman pediatrician in a major city hospital who becomes the target of a smear campaign.
For about the first third of the book, I wasn't sure how I would like it, but by the time I finished it, I very much admired Klass's story and

am still thinking about it.
I was rather disappointed by this book, as I read a few of Klass' nonfiction books and had high expectations for this work of fiction.
It wasn't a horrible book, but from an author I previously enjoyed, I was looking for more, The plot seemed weak, plodding along, and I felt like the resolution to the main conflict could have been better, That said, I suppose the resolution was probably closer to real life than most of the fiction books I read that have a tidy, if less than believable end.

Klass' protagonist, Dr. Maggie Claymore, is a neonatologist pushingwho has had no success having babies of her own and thus devotes herself fully to the highrisk babies she sees at work.
When an anonymous source begins circulating posters calling into question her capability as a doctor and her commitment to the babies, she takes it very personally.
The harassment escalates when another set of posters implicates her in the death of a patient on another unit, a child she only barely knew of and wasn't even able to get into the room when the code was called.
Everyone in Maggie's life, from her colleagues, to her husband, even her college lover, are called into question by the detective investigating and skeletons from people's closets are revealed.

Midway through the book, Klass reveals who is harassing Maggie and why, but I was enjoying thinking it was someone else, someone unlikely but plausible, so I was disappointed to be wrong, as I thought having this person as the 'bad guy' could have lead to an interesting ethical and personal storyline.
Perhaps that's why I was less than thrilled with the book, that the plot didn't initially engage me, and just when I was getting into it, Klass shot down my theory.

Overall, it wasn't horrible, I just thought it should have been better, Because of her history of writing good books, I'll probably give Klass' fiction one more try, but won't have such high expectations next time.
Dr. Maggie Claymore is a leading neonatologist at a bustling Boston hospital, She works with the smallest and sickest patients: premature babies so ill that other doctors might give up on them, Maggie is fiercely devoted, despite the ethical conundrums that arise daily on the highesttech edge of medicine and in spite of colleagues who feel she often risks too much.
Nearly forty, happily married but childless by default, and supremely confident, Maggie knows her exact place in the world, She's the kind of woman who always makes a strong impression, for better or for worse,
Maggie's orderly life begins to unravel when she gets an anonymous note calling her ethics and reputation into question, At first she is able to ignore the increasingly virulent letters, but when her accuser goes public posting hatefilled warning posters around the hospital implicating her in a child's death Maggie finds herself mired in a personal and professional hell.
With everything that she has and everything that she is thrown into doubt, Maggie must fight for herself even as she fights to keep her tiny patients breathing.

The Mystery of Breathing is not only an absorbing pageturner, but also a poignant examination of a woman struggling to maintain her hardfought identity.
Maggie's metamorphosis from fearful to indignant to selfdoubting is complex and viscerally powerful, As gossip and innuendo overwhelm her workplace, Maggie's paranoia grows, and all the while lives hang in the balance, .