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Physician and writer Christine Henneberg, who grew up in Palo Alto, has published her first novel, “I Trust Her Completely.” Courtesy Christine Henneberg.

Bay Area physician and writer Christine Henneberg released her first book, the autobiographical “Boundless,” in late 2022. That book, which was the grand prize winner of the 2022 BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest, reflected on Henneberg’s journey through medical school, her reproductive care career, and becoming a parent for the first time. After she wrote her memoir, she found she wanted to continue exploring “the very conflicted ambitions I felt between wanting to be a mother, wanting to be a writer, wanting to be a doctor,” she said. Beyond her own personal experience, she was also pondering “ideas and problems I could work out in fiction that I couldn’t in nonfiction. They needed to be dramatized and told in a certain way,” she said. 

Henneberg, whose writing has been published in high-profile publications including The Atlantic and The New York Times, has now published her first novel. “I Trust Her Completely” is the story of an intense friendship, set against the backdrop of the Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic.  […]

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Karla is an assistant lifestyle editor with Embarcadero Media, working on arts and features coverage.