CAROL CASSELLA
Monday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.

This good and lively month concludes on a high—and local—note, as Seattle physician/global public health advocate Carol Cassella reads from her newly published debut novel, Oxygen (Simon & Schuster). "Powered by Casella's 25 years in the medical field, this nicely wrought debut follows the travails of an experienced Seattle anesthesiologist after an eight-year-old patient dies while under the knife ... The real hook is Cassella's knowing portrayal of the health industrial complex's inner workings; she knows the turf and doesn't spare readers the nasty bits." -Publishers Weekly. "In Oxygen, Carol Cassella'staut novel, Dr. Marie Heaton, an assured anesthesiologist at the top of her game, is forced to face personal and professional fallout from an operating room disaster. Marie finds herself on the losing end of dollars-and-cents medicine in a malpractice suit, questioning herself, her skills, her colleagues, and her life choices. I couldn't wait to race to the end to see how her story played out, and I wasn't disappointed." - Lalita Tademy.

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