{"product_id":"9781856354837","title":"The Vasectomy Doctor: A Memoir","description":"In 1990, Dr Andrew Rynne was shot by a man on whom he had carried out a vasectomy eight years previously. The Vasectomy Doctor begins with a description of that terrifying attempt on his life and ends with an explanation of why it might have happened. \u003cp\u003eThe book takes the reader through a life begun on a farm in County Kildare, through Rynne's early education and medical training where he augmented his school fees by playing tin-whistle and singing traditional music (later touring with Christy Moore) and through his professional career where he was a tireless agitator for the liberalisation of birth control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all odds and in the face of opposition from both peers and clergy he tells of being the first doctor in Ireland to carry out a vasectomy (over the past 30 years he has carried out some 25,000 such operations) and highlights the challenges and joys he has experienced along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mercier Press, Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054639038704,"sku":"9781856354837","price":18.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781856354837_p0.jpg?v=1763598845","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781856354837","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}