With one foot in modern medicine and the other in the hills of Appalachia, William Evans brings a unique storytelling viewpoint to his work that one suspects is told from experience. He draws his readers into the romantic notions of small towns and country life, then juxtaposes the stark environments of big-city medicine, which we reluctantly admit often bring us advancements in medicine and science. We witness cultural differences between wealthy and poor, between races, between social classes, all while we are captivated by rich characters we might recognize as ourselves. Evans leaves his readers with hope for the human condition, yet with a gentle reminder that we are responsible for the direction our humanity takes us.