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FASCINATING. I couldn't put this down. An intriguingly sad mix of science, genetics, and family tragedies.

Just saw Kim Ukura's post about this one on Instagram for #nonficnov - and immediately checked it out from the library! Sounds so interesting.

This was everything I want in a medically-oriented memoir. I flew through it! Linder blends the science of genetics deftly with her own family's story. There's plenty of science (it's not overwhelming though) because the Linders have a top-notch genetic research team on the case. Linder describes the waiting and wondering beautifully, infusing it with both Zen and angst. #nonfictionchallenge17

Full review at www.TheBibliophage.com

I picked this medically-oriented memoir at the library recently. I started it yesterday and am completely absorbed. What a slice of hell this family is living through!

Recent library haul!

I loved this book that reads like a memoir. The author chronicles her family's various problems (and that's minimizing things) with their lymphatic systems and the research being done in the field of genetics. Totally fascinating.

Finally home from a junior high track meet. Happy to be in a warm bed with a snoring dog and my book.

3.5🌟 The medical mystery is fascinating, but Linder spends a bit too much time on basic genetics and medicine. The book shines when she turns the spotlight on her family members. The narration is great! Good book to listen to while working today.

Several members of Linder's family died early under strange conditions. They were swollen beyond measure and had fluid in their lungs. The book is the story of the search to find the gene responsible.

I've been slacking on #nonfictionchallenge17 and finishing books in general this month, but I'm back in the groove and just picked up this one. I'm all about the medical mysteries! #soexcited

This story moved me. Continues to move me. I'm doing a Q&A with Joselin Linder for booksbywomen.org which I'll be sure to share here. In the meantime, read this... it is fascinating, heartbreaking, and inspiring. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/catch-killer-gene-sisters-race-stop-mystery-...

My most recent #nonfiction was this fascinating memoir/medical mystery. 14 members of Joselin Linder's family are the only known carriers of a faulty gene that causes the devastating, deadly illness that claimed her father's life. Science is still trying to solve the mystery of most genetic diseases, but the clock is ticking a little louder when it's your genes. #marchintoreading

I usually wake up a few hours before husband on the weekends, so I get some coffee-and-reading time in (when I can resist the binge-watch urge!)

Really intrigued by this medical mystery/memoir I found on Edelweiss.

This thing has more tension than a thriller. I can't put it down!

This book is readable, life affirming, fascinating, and fantastic. For people who aren't usually into memoirs, this is a good one that goes down easy and gives you some teary moments. #booksandbrew #readjanuary #memoir

This book is so well written and fascinating. #SubwayReads #JanuaryReads

A medical mystery combined with a memoir. Coming out from @Eccobooks in March.