Harvest
Registered by cratclif of Fullerton, California USA on 11/17/2006
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
A scary book about harvesting hearts improperly. Kept me turning the pages.
An Amazon.com review:
When Robin Cook wrote Coma in 1977, the idea of hospital patients being incubated for their vital organs sounded like science fiction. Twenty years later, this gripping thriller about a thriving international black market in human hearts, livers and kidneys could come from tomorrow's "Nightline." Author Gerritsen was an internist before she switched her energies to writing, and her experience shows in every scene. When young surgical resident Dr. Abby DiMatteo assists at her first "harvest" (the removal of living organs from a patient declared legally brain dead) at Boston's posh Bayside Hospital, "she felt vaguely nauseated by the whine of the blade, the smell of bone dust," neither of which seem to bother the veterans. It's obviously a personal memory being mined for good fictional purposes.
An Amazon.com review:
When Robin Cook wrote Coma in 1977, the idea of hospital patients being incubated for their vital organs sounded like science fiction. Twenty years later, this gripping thriller about a thriving international black market in human hearts, livers and kidneys could come from tomorrow's "Nightline." Author Gerritsen was an internist before she switched her energies to writing, and her experience shows in every scene. When young surgical resident Dr. Abby DiMatteo assists at her first "harvest" (the removal of living organs from a patient declared legally brain dead) at Boston's posh Bayside Hospital, "she felt vaguely nauseated by the whine of the blade, the smell of bone dust," neither of which seem to bother the veterans. It's obviously a personal memory being mined for good fictional purposes.
Journal Entry 2 by cratclif at Fullerton Post Office on Chapman Ave in Fullerton, California USA on Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Released 18 yrs ago (11/22/2006 UTC) at Fullerton Post Office on Chapman Ave in Fullerton, California USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
Releasing about 4:15pm. Left on the tables in the post office box area.
Releasing about 4:15pm. Left on the tables in the post office box area.
