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Rosamund Kendal

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Cape Town, South Africa

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After studying medicine for six years and then working as a doctor for another five, Rosamund Kendal decided that the creative side of her brain needed some stimulation and enrolled for the Master's degree in creative writing at UCT. She hasn’t been able to decide whether she prefers being a freelance writer or a general practitioner, so she’s come to a compromise and does both part-time. ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 451 ratings · 76 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Karma Suture 3.82 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Angina Monologues 4.14 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder of Norman Ware 3.80 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	African Pens 2011: New Writing from Southern Africa by J.M. Coetzee (Editor), Andrew Salomon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), James Whyle (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...if everybody is born essentially good, what is wrong with our society that it so often allows the goodness to go into hiding? It is easier, I suppose, just to believe that some people are born inherently evil.”
― Rosamund Kendal, The Karma Suture

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“Remember that life is a lot like medicine: at the end of the day, everything is a matter of risk versus benefit, pro versus con.”
― Rosamund Kendal, The Angina Monologues

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“I have a theory that doctors are permanently tired as they are always fighting off some new virus to which they have been exposed.”
― Rosamund Kendal, The Karma Suture

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