Joselin Linder
Autor de The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance into a Hopeful Future
Obras de Joselin Linder
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 86
- Popularidad
- #213,013
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 15
Non-fiction memoir about a family with a genetic variant. Joselin Linder inherited a unique gene from her father, which causes a currently unnamed disease that has resulted in the deaths of five family members. In this memoir, the author documents her family’s pain and suffering, the genetic research involved in tracing the source, and the medical analysis involved in discovering a treatment. She talks about what it is like living with a potentially fatal condition.
This book covers a good amount of medical science in a manner easily understood by a layperson. It shows how this family turns tragedy into an opportunity to work in partnership with doctors and scientists to understand and reduce the impact of this unique disease. The author intersperses information about the history and recent advances in genetics into her personal story. The writing style is colloquial, with humor sprinkled throughout, as a respite from the weighty topics. Linder only touches the surface of the genetic engineering debate, instead offering her personal insight from a perspective of someone with a significant stake in the outcome.
Recommended to those interested in medically-oriented memoirs, hereditary diseases, and genetic research. I think fans of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Brain on Fire, or Lab Girl may also appreciate it.
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