Science Day Returns to The Luncheon Society.
Okay, its back to Lunch.
"Working Stiff" is
a New York Times Best Seller
This will be a two-course "Lite Luncheon."
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The Luncheon Society™
welcomes
Judy Melinek, M.D and T.J. Mitchell New York Times Best Selling Authors Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner Join is for a conversation of what happens to you when you reach the end of the line. Monday December 22, 2014
Sandrine's 8 Holyoke Street Harvard Square Cambridge, MA 12:00 PM $40
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This is a fantastic book and the luncheon will be a kick. See what death tells us about life.
Bob McBarton
Chief Conversationalist
The Luncheon Society
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| Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner |
The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist's "rookie season" as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases-hair-raising and heartbreaking and impossibly complex-that shaped her as both a physician and a mother. Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband T.J. and their toddler Daniel holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation-performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy's two years of training, taking readers behind the police tape of some of the most harrowing deaths in the Big Apple, including a firsthand account of the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of American Airlines flight 587.
Lively, action-packed, and loaded with mordant wit, Working Stiff offers a firsthand account of daily life in one of America's most arduous professions, and the unexpected challenges of shuttling between the domains of the living and the dead. The body never lies-and through the murders, accidents, and suicides that land on her table, Dr. Melinek lays bare the truth behind the glamorized depictions of autopsy work on shows like CSI and Law & Order to reveal the secret story of the real morgue.
Judy Melinek and a Million Ways to Die in NY
http://nypost.com/2014/08/03/a-million-ways-to-die-in-new-york-medical-examiners-days-of-gory/ Judy Melinek, M.D in USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/17/working-stiff-autopsies-medical-examiner/13371931/ Dr. Melinek's blog
http://pathologyexpert.blogspot.com/ NY Daily News Review http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/doctor-details-grim-work-identifying-9-11-bodies-new-book-article-1.1873374
Only one question-are you in?
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The Lunch
The Luncheon Society gathering with Judy Melinek, M.D and T.J. Mitchell will take place in Boston on Monday December 22, 2014. The lunch will begin at 12:00 pm and will run for about 90 minutes.
The Restaurant.
The luncheon will take place at Sandrine's in Cambridge/Harvard Square. We will be meeting in the private room, which is located below the main dining floor. The restaurant is located at 8 Holyoke Street. The phone number is 617.497.5300. Their website is http://www.sandrines.com/
Map
http://mapq.st/1y5IHPo
The Price.
Like in all TLS events, we basically split the check. Based on conversations with Amy at Sandrines, the cost for this gathering will be $40. Cash is preferred. You can bring along a friend if you'd like.
Where to Park.
Its Boston and you will know what to do.
Judy and TJ will graciously sign copies of his book
Cancellations
Sometimes, as they say in the movies, life intercedes. If you wish to attend but have a change in plans, please let me know 72 hours prior so that I can inform the restaurant.
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Dining Choices.
We are building out the two course menu for the event. Please let us know of any special dietary requests.
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Biography.
Judy Melinek, M.D. is a graduate of Harvard University. She trained at UCLA in medicine and pathology, graduating in 1996. Her training at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York is the subject of her memoir, Working Stiff, which she co-wrote with her husband. Currently, Dr. Melinek is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF, and works as a forensic pathologist in San Francisco. She also travels nationally and internationally to lecture on anatomic and forensic pathology and she has been consulted as a forensic expert in many high-profile legal cases, as well as for the television shows E.R. and Mythbusters. T.J. Mitchell, her husband, graduated with an English degree from Harvard and has worked as a screenwriter's assistant and script editor since 1991. He is a writer and stay-at-home Dad raising their three children in San Francisco. His consult practice, T.J. Mitchell Consulting, offers advice to aspiring screenwriters. Working Stiff is his first book. |
The Luncheon Society™
is a series of private luncheons and dinners that take place in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manhattan, and Boston. We essentially split the costs of gathering and we meet in groups of 20-25 people. Discussions center on politics, art, science, film, culture, and whatever else is on our mind. Think of us as "Adult Drop in Daycare." We've been around since 1997 and we're purposely understated. These gatherings takes place around a large table, where you interact with the main guest and conversation becomes end result. There are no rules, very little structure, and the gatherings happen when they happen. Join us when you can.
Hope you can join us.
Bob McBarton
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The Luncheon Society
cell 925.216.9578
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