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I keep starting books and putting them back. Im hoping I‘ll stick with this one. I absolutely loved What Kind of Girl by Alyssa Sheinmel so I‘m hoping I‘ll love this one too. 🤞🏻💙

Somewhere between a so-so & pick for me. I am glad I read it and many chapters were fascinating, however there were lulls. Most interesting were the actual case studies and people. The part where they said odds of death for living liver donors are as high as 1 in 200 was scary for me as my husband had tried to be a living donor for his brother, but rejected due to a previous brain injury. Thankfully my B-i-L was saved by a deceased donor!

For the first time in weeks I have both the time and the energy to read for more than 5 minutes. Feels so good to have a moment to breath and slow down! Getting back at this book.

"While I've been on a plane many times, I'd never experienced the full power of a thunderstorm at ten thousand feet."

Could not be more excited about my new book that arrived today! My brother-in-law had a life saving transplant almost 2 years ago and the subject is so intriguing. Especially knowing that the people who first had the idea to do this would have been considered mavericks at best, and crazy at worst. Think I might put my other book on pause for now to start this one...there is no waiting!

I‘m digging the influx of #medical memoir type books. #surgery #nonfiction

I read this because I was interested in learning more about the politics behind transplantation--who does and does not get transplants and why. Unfortunately, the book doesn't touch upon this until more than halfway through, and then only briefly.