Hey Everyone,
I am going to review the book "Mercies In Disguise: A Story Of Hope, A Family's Genetic Destiny, And The Science That Rescued Them," by Gina Kolata. This book is hot off the press as it was published March 21, 2017 by St. Martin's Press. For those of you who would like to purchase a copy of this book CLICK HERE. The author Gina Kolata is a well known journalist at "The Times," who specializes on Science and Medicine, which made her an excellent fit for this book.
This book is about a well established family The Baxley's who fought an extremely rare genetic disease GSS that mimicked Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. It was about this family's dedicated efforts in finding out what was killing their family's members. It was also about one family member in particular who made the extremely hard decision to be tested to see if she too would be afflicted with this disease.
Overall I rated this book four stars out of five. It was an excellent read that covered this family's journey and the history behind this disease in great detail, all while capturing your attention throughout the book. It made me think and put myself in this family's shoes in what would I do if it was me? What decision would I make? Do you put it in God's hands or do you leave it to science? The only criticism that I would make is that there was one chapter in the book where it went into the history of In Vitro Fertilization that I felt was unnecessary to add in the book. I think that it would have been better to leave this chapter out because it brought up a whole new set of questions that took the focus away from the real story that was going on. But again it was still interesting learning about the history of it anyways so I don't put a lot of weight on this criticism. I would definitely recommend this book for all to read.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Gina Kolata, and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Until the next page,
Jill
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