{"product_id":"mercies-in-disguise-a-story-of-hope-a-familys-genetic-destiny-and-the-science-that-rescued-them-paperback","title":"Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Kolata\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...a moving, suspenseful page-turner that's likely to become a classic of medical storytelling.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e science reporter Gina Kolata follows a family through genetic illness and one courageous daughter who decides her fate shall no longer be decided by a genetic flaw. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe phone rings. The doctor from California is on the line. \"Are you ready Amanda?\" The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested--at least, not now. But she had to find out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf your family carried a mutated gene that foretold a brutal illness and you were offered the chance to find out if you'd inherited it, would you do it? Would you walk toward the problem, bravely accepting whatever answer came your way? Or would you avoid the potential bad news as long as possible? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMercies in Disguise\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e science reporter and bestselling author Gina Kolata tells the story of the Baxleys, an almost archetypal family in a small town in South Carolina. A proud and determined clan, many of them doctors, they are struck one by one with an inscrutable illness. They finally discover the cause of the disease after a remarkable sequence of events that many saw as providential. Meanwhile, science, progressing for a half a century along a parallel track, had handed the Baxleys a resolution--not a cure, but a blood test that would reveal who had the gene for the disease and who did not. And science would offer another dilemma--fertility specialists had created a way to spare the children through an expensive process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA work of narrative nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eMercies in Disguise \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a family that took matters into its own hands when the medical world abandoned them. It's a story of a family that had to deal with unspeakable tragedy and yet did not allow it to tear them apart. And it is the story of a young woman--Amanda Baxley--who faced the future head on, determined to find a way to disrupt her family's destiny.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGINA KOLATA (M.A.) is a writer and medical reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written several books and edited multiple collections of popular science writing. Ms. Kolata lives with her husband in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239490351378,"sku":"9781250064448","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/VStFY1VXdFVOa2ZiZkVZMmdBNDArZz09.webp?v=1777879451","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/mercies-in-disguise-a-story-of-hope-a-familys-genetic-destiny-and-the-science-that-rescued-them-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}