The Match Paperback by Beth Whitehouse

Product Details

• Publisher: Beacon Press (2011-03-08)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780807001219
• Item Weight: 390.1 grams
• Dimensions: 22.1 x 14.73 x 2.03 cm

My Sister’s Keeper in nonfiction: a family’s real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match
 
Katie Trebing was diagnosed at three months old with Diamond Blackfan anemia, a rare form of anemia that prevents bone marrow from producing red blood cells. Even with a lifetime of monthly blood transfusions, she faced a poor prognosis. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Beth Whitehouse follows the Trebings as they make the decision to create a genetically matched sibling using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and in vitro fertilization, and proceed with a risky bone-marrow transplant that could kill their daughter rather than save her. The Match is a timely and provocative look at urgent issues that can only become more complex and pressing as genetic and reproductive technologies advance.

About the Author

Beth Whitehouse is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for Newsday and an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.