Publication Date: April 5, 2022
Dr. Maya Rao is a gynecologist trying to balance a busy life. With three young children, a career, and a happy marriage, she should be grateful—on paper, she has it all. But after a disastrous encounter with an entitled patient, Maya is forced to walk away from the city hospital where she’s spent her entire career.An opportunity arises when Maya crosses paths with Amelia DeGilles at a school meeting. Amelia is the owner and entrepreneur behind Eunoia Women’s Health, a concierge wellness clinic that specializes in house calls for its clientele of wealthy women for whom no vitamin infusion or healing crystal is too expensive. All Eunoia needs is a gynecologist to join its ranks.
Amid visits to her clients’ homes, Maya comes to idolize the beautiful, successful Amelia. But Amelia’s life isn’t as perfect as it seems. When Amelia’s teenaged daughter is struck with a mysterious ailment, Maya must race to uncover the reason before it’s too late. In the process, she risks losing what’s most important to her and bringing to light a secret of her own that she’s been desperately trying to keep hidden.
Dr. Maya Rao rides a roller coaster of chaos as she juggles family, work, and social obligations. She spreads herself so thin that it is no wonder that a simple car wash turns into a disaster. Author Madi Sinha delivers a relatable story in At Least You Have Your Health.
Maya navigates a world where she has built a family with a white man despite her mother’s plan for her to marry an Indian spouse. Instead of pursuing what her mother considered a prestigious medical specialty, Maya chose obstetrics and gynecology. Not only does she deal with racial prejudice, but she also faces gender prejudice within her profession.
When Maya gets invited into the world of the elite through an opportunity to provide home visit gynecological services, it seems like she is on top of the world…until she realizes that there is a dark underbelly of the concierge wellness service. Maya is faced with a medical dilemma and a ticking clock that might cause her to lose it all.
The combination of humor and satire makes this story a compelling read. I found myself wanting to hit the pause button for Maya and give her a hug. Those moments of feeling overwhelmed are experienced at some point by all mothers, especially the early morning drop-off chaos.
As a character, Maya evolves throughout the story into a take-charge woman comfortable with her choices. She no longer bows down to a sense of imperfection, feeling like everything has to be perfect. I especially enjoyed the interactions between Maya, her husband, and their three children.
At Least You Have Your Health provides a riveting story about the woes of motherhood in which social status and designer medicine are at the forefront. It’s also a tale about a woman’s realization that the keys to happiness were always right in front of her.
Madi Sinha is a writer and practicing physician who loves the nervous system, bookshops, tea with milk and snarky conversation (but not necessarily in that order). She lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.
