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Great premise - baby is selected via genetic testing to serve as a donor for her old sister with a rare form of leukemia. At age of 16, sister files for medical emancipation for her parents to avoid donating a kidney, the latest in a long line of treatments that helped extend her sister's life.
The story is told in a crash-like multi speaker perspective with all the main characters. The end was positively shocking but ...more
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Great premise - baby is selected via genetic testing to serve as a donor for her old sister with a rare form of leukemia. At age of 16, sister files for medical emancipation for her parents to avoid donating a kidney, the latest in a long line of treatments that helped extend her sister's life.
The story is told in a crash-like multi speaker perspective with all the main characters. The end was positively shocking but ...more

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