false 204993 5 2 male 2252947 5094000 0061708704 9780061708701 29 <![CDATA[Larry's Kidney: (Being the Story of) How I Found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Breaking Chinese Law to Get Him a Transplant--and Save His Life]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/0/5094000-m-1255960404.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/50/0/5094000-s-1255960404.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5094000.Larry_s_Kidney_Being_the_Story_of_How_I_Found_Myself_in_China_with_My_Black_Sheep_Cousin_and_His_Mail_Order_Bride_Breaking_Chinese_Law_to_Get_Him_a_Transplant_and_Save_His_Life 3.17 52 Sure, Chinese law forbids transplants to Westerners, but that didn't faze Larry. He was confident he could shake out a single pre-loved kidney from the country's 1.3 billion people. But wait: Larry was never one to not get his money's worth. Since he was already shelling out for a trip to China, he decided to make it a twofer: He arranged to pick up an (e-)mail-order bride while he was at it. After a tireless search on the Internet, he already knew the woman he wanted.

Backed by a quarter-million-dollar disability settlement (was it the icicle falling on his head or the truck rear-ending him?) and armed with an all-purpose letter of recommendation from a devoted nun, Larry ventured forth from his Florida condo on an unlikely search for life and love in the most cryptic country on earth. Conflicted about the ethical issues surrounding medical tourism, and with no time to cultivate even a single Chinese contact, Daniel left the next day, on his own dime.

So begins the quest of two star-crossed cousins to rejuvenate Larry's failing body and ever-romantic heart, while avoiding getting tossed into a Chinese slammer. An unforgettable adventure filled with Red Guards who waltz at midnight and former enemies who prove more true than family, Larry's Kidney is the funniest yet most heartwarming book of the year.

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Decades later, feeling unmoored by a painful divorce, Rose takes his two young boys on a quest to reclaim this forgotten history. Arriving in Belgium, equipped only with a tattered diary written by his uncle, they seek out the barns, wine cellars, brothels, and other shadowy places where their relatives hid from the Nazis almost fifty years before. Along the way, Rose struggles to explain the realities of the Holocaust to his impressionable yet precocious sons. Combining childhood flashbacks, family lore, and absorbing travel adventures, this is a story of one family’s triumphant reconnection to their heritage.]]> 204993 3.41 64 30 2000 1989308 0312018266 9780312018269 0 <![CDATA[Small Family With Rooster: Stories]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191433380m/1989308.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191433380s/1989308.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1989308.Small_Family_With_Rooster_Stories 4.50 2 204993 3.41 64 30 1988 2051044 031200124X 9780312001247 0 <![CDATA[Flipping for It]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2051044.Flipping_for_It 5.00 1 204993 3.41 64 30 1987