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"My Sister's Keeper" in nonfiction: a family's real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match
Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months oldwith Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a lifetime of monthly blood transfusions, she faced a poor prognosis. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Beth Whitehouse follows the Trebings as they make the decision to create a genetically matched sibling using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and in vitro fertilization, and proceed with a risky bone-marrow transplant that could kill their daughter rather than save her. "The Match "is a timely and provocative look at urgent issues that can only become more complex and pressing as genetic and reproductive technologies advance.
"This is a wonderful story. . . . If a disease was killing your child, would you have another baby to try to save that child's life? And if you did, would you fear that the new child's life might be in danger as well? These are some of the very difficult questions that Stacy and Steve Trebing asked themselves before Stacy gave birth to another child, a little boy, who helped their daughterwho might otherwise have died. Their story is chronicled in "The Match"."--Barbara Walters, "The View"
""The Match" is a thought-provoking, extremely well-researched, and deeply personal account of one of the most controversial ethical dilemmas of our time. . . . A great story, and a remarkable work of journalism."--Rachel Simon, author of "Riding the Bus with My Sister"
""The Match" is a riveting, vividly written tale of what happens when two powerful forces--parental love and modern science--converge to try to help a very brave child through the deliberate conception of another."--Liza Mundy, author of "Everything Conceivable"
| Prelude | p. ix |
| ôMind If I Take One Last Ski Run?ö | p. 1 |
| ôWhat Do You Think It Is?ö | p. 8 |
| ôNever in a Million Yearsö | p. 18 |
| ôThis Is a Beautiful Embryoö | p. 24 |
| ôFor Them, the Dice Are a Bit Loadedö | p. 31 |
| ôThis Is for Desperate Couplesö | p. 38 |
| ôWe Have Incomplete Informationö | p. 47 |
| ôI Could Never Do Thatö | p. 60 |
| ôWhy Me? Why This?ö | p. 70 |
| ôI Wish We Hadn't Done Itö | p. 75 |
| ôThe Easter Bunny Would Be Jealousö | p. 81 |
| ôCome On, Babyö | p. 88 |
| ôTake an Additional Folic Acid, in Case It's Twinsö | p. 94 |
| ôThings Look Really Goodö | p. 102 |
| ôSo Much of Who We Are Happens at the Beginningö | p. 112 |
| ôIt's Hard to Tell Parents, 'Don't Do This'ö | p. 121 |
| ôThere's No Black-and-White Answerö | p. 130 |
| ôWe're Not Going to Stop the Futureö | p. 138 |
| ôIt's a Boy!ö | p. 149 |
| ôI Like This Place a Lotö | p. 156 |
| ôNow It's Crunch Timeö | p. 162 |
| ôYou Conceived Your Son for This?ö | p. 169 |
| ôWill I Get Handcuffed with My Kids?ö | p. 178 |
| ôThis Is Mind-Bogglingö | p. 184 |
| ôBeing a Mom Is the Coolest Giftö | p. 191 |
| ôIt's Now or Neverö | p. 200 |
| ôBubba's My Brotherö | p. 205 |
| ôGood Luckö | p. 218 |
| ôHer Body Is Healingö | p. 224 |
| ôWhy Are You Taking the Lights Down?ö | p. 231 |
| ôBack Up and Bling-Blingö | p. 238 |
| ôIt Goes So Fastö | p. 245 |
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ISBN: 9780807001219
ISBN-10: 080700121X
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 255
Published: 8th March 2011
Publisher: BEACON PR
Dimensions (cm): 22.098 x 14.884
x 1.981
Weight (kg): 0.39
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