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Captivating Summer Reading May 23, 2007
This novel takes a "hot button" political issue and personalizes it. This is not propaganda, but a story that presents information about both sides of stem cell research. The authors have created believable and likable characters, faced with heartbreaking decisions. It is impossible to read about a young man's life torn apart and not feel personally affected. I believe the author's experience as a medical doctor made him particularly effective when writing about the painful decisions families must make when a loved one is permanently disabled. The omniscient point of view works well in this novel, allowing the reader to see how each person's experience and opinions are different regarding stem cell research. This novel is also a story about love, and the hardship of caring for family and friends stricken with illness and injury. This book entertains and informs. I truely didn't want it to end, but I guess the end of this issue is not yet written.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Ultimately, it's about HOPE Mar 21, 2007
At the center of this story is a U.S. Senator, who is very outspoken in his opposition to stem cell research, who must decide what he really stands for after his son is injured in a automobile accident. All of a sudden the very research that he has so strongly opposed can make a difference in the life of his son. Can he find an answer he can live with and can his marriage survive?
Even more, the authors have taken us into the issues surrounding stem cell research and into the lives of people who live daily with diseases and injuries who could possibly benefit from the technology of stem cells.
I found this an interesting, easy to read book, that is very hard to put down. Yes, it was written by a physician and there are medical situations, but it is written so everyone can understand that for people everywhere who suffer from catastrophic illness & injury and their caregivers, at times, HOPE is all they have.
This book is a moving, throught provoking novel which makes the reader consider their opinion of stem cell research. I highly recommend this book, hopefully it will make you think. In the end, this novel is about hope, hope to those who suffer and hope to those forced to watch the suffering.
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