Mother Knows Best
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“The only sad part is that we deserve cameras and reporters documenting this turning point in the history of mankind - the first time anyone has genetically intervened to prevent the transmission of a fatal disease”.
Claire carries a genetic disease in her mitochondrial DNA that she has passed on to her son Colton who passes away at a very young age. Grief stricken, she longs for another biological child of her own but cannot bear to suffer through losing another child. When approached by another with research from one Dr. Rob Nash, Claire goes to him in hopes that they can extract the mitochondrial DNA from her egg and replace it with another healthy woman’s egg, eliminating the chance of passing on the genetic mutation to the embryo. Dr Nash helps Claire and her husband get pregnant with along with his research assistant Jillian, who donated her eggs to help form the healthy embryo. Genetically mutating embryos is a federal crime, and ten years later Claire and Dr Nash are both still in hiding.
This is such a unique and refreshing psychological thriller! I found the entire premise very original and also very thought provoking. I loved all of the characters and found they were all very well developed! I also really enjoyed how the author (Kira Peikoff) went back and forth between present time and back to when Claire was trying to get pregnant, she wrote in such a way that I could really feel and understand Claire’s desperation to have another baby of her own. I flew through this one in 24 hours and would highly recommend it! An easy four stars from me!!
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“The only sad part is that we deserve cameras and reporters documenting this turning point in the history of mankind - the first time anyone has genetically intervened to prevent the transmission of a fatal disease”.
Claire carries a genetic disease in her mitochondrial DNA that she has passed on to her son Colton who passes away at a very young age. Grief stricken, she longs for another biological child of her own but cannot bear to suffer through losing another child. When approached by another with research from one Dr. Rob Nash, Claire goes to him in hopes that they can extract the mitochondrial DNA from her egg and replace it with another healthy woman’s egg, eliminating the chance of passing on the genetic mutation to the embryo. Dr Nash helps Claire and her husband get pregnant with along with his research assistant Jillian, who donated her eggs to help form the healthy embryo. Genetically mutating embryos is a federal crime, and ten years later Claire and Dr Nash are both still in hiding.
This is such a unique and refreshing psychological thriller! I found the entire premise very original and also very thought provoking. I loved all of the characters and found they were all very well developed! I also really enjoyed how the author (Kira Peikoff) went back and forth between present time and back to when Claire was trying to get pregnant, she wrote in such a way that I could really feel and understand Claire’s desperation to have another baby of her own. I flew through this one in 24 hours and would highly recommend it! An easy four stars from me!!