The Donor
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.96 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1631354884 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Colin Farnsworth, known as the Dream Team, are best friends and work at the same hospital. She is currently working on her second novel. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and now resides in Florida with her husband, her dog, and two cats. A woman at the top of the transplant list is also a match and demands the heart because another federal law, the Final Rule, governs all transplant procedures. The hospital and her mother try to force her to get the transplant against her will. The hospital loses in court and the woman at the top of the list gets the heart. Amber refuses her father's heart, because she can't bear the thought of her dad doing this after she reflects on what a spoiled brat she's been all her life. Two heart transplant surgeons, Dr. When another heart becomes available, Amber refuses it too. Colin engineers it so
A good read with unexpected complexities Jonathan If you like clearly described characters and lots of plot twists, this is the book for you. But The Donors also offers the reader an ethical dilemma and a legal dilemma, which made me close the book several times to consider what my view would be in the medical situation Dunsmuir describes. In Part One, the story builds into a complex situation and describes the emotional responses from the main characters. Then it adds several other minor but important characters who each have a personal stake in the unfolding drama, and who could have a critical effect on everything. Part Two, the last quarter of the. Venus Victor-guild said Read it!. Compelling story and a fast read. Informative and thought provoking about transplant, legal, ethical and psychological issues. "Her command of language and description that leaves one no place but right smack in the plot are superior at the least" according to Helen F. Daahlhauser. The originality of the author's concept is quite intriguing. She pulls us in to the hospital and knocks us down with a two by four when it dawns on the reader what has taken place. After the fast paced start she webs a tale of morality and spices it with intrigue, plots and subplots that kept my attention till I found the end. The complexity of the issues could have been addressed in a dry moral essay in an ethics class. Rather it was woven into a plot of intrigue, selfishness, majesty and heartfelt compassion. Her command of language and description that leaves one no place but right smack in the plot