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In the silence between surgeries, in the breath held before a difficult diagnosis, and in the soft, unwritten moments of care—Salt in the Suture takes root. Blending lyrical prose, micro-poems, and lived experience, Dr. Akshay Hanamshetti offers a deeply personal anatomy of what it means to be a Surgeon in a world that often forgets doctors are human too. Here, a surgeon questions success. Here, grief shows up in the locker room. Here, love makes tea at 2 a.m. And healing—slow, defiant, imperfect—finds its way through the sutures. Salt in the Suture is not a manual. It’s a mirror. For anyone who has ever cared too deeply, stayed too long, or quietly broken while holding someone else together.