I work in pharmacy, and OMG you should see the epic checklists and procedures we have. This is certainly not the case in all pharmacies, but it helps me sleep at night!

"the bone people" was really confusing to me - parts of it were magnificent, but it really didn't know where it was going, I think, and ran out of steam. I wonder if it's because the author is a poet and so used to condensing that she didn't deal so well with an expansive storyline? She's never written another novel.