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English
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Beauty and the Beast may be a fairy tale, but for one woman its moral rings true in real life.
When Alix Miller goes to New Hampshire to paint a portrait of Leland Crompton, she is following family tradition- Miller artists have always painted the Crompton aristocrats. But the reclusive Leland is hideously disfigured by a rare genetic disease, and Alix is uncomfortable rendering him on canvas. She begins the task anyway, and through her...
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Language
English
Description
"When Sukey Forbes lost her six-year-old daughter Charlotte to a rare genetic disorder, her life felt as if it were shattered forever. Descended from two distinguished New England families, Forbes was raised in a rarefied--if eccentric--life of privilege. Yet Forbes's family history is also rich with spiritual seekers, including her great-great-great-grandfather Ralph Waldo Emerson. On the family's private island enclave off Cape Cod, apparitions...
3) Fear nothing
Author
Series
Moonlight Bay volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Edition
[Book club ed.].
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Christopher Snow is different from all the other residents of Moonlight Bay. For Christopher has a rare genetic disorder shared by only one thousand other Americans, a disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light. For him, the night is his friend until that night when he witnesses a series of disturbing incidents that sweep him into a violent mystery that only he can solve.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
476 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this novel in blank verse, twelve-year-old Cass struggles to cope with her father's recurring cancers that have dominated her whole life, with the knowledge that he is likely to die soon because the latest recurrence is worse--and with the possibility that she may have inherited the genetic disease, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, that causes the cancers" --
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Fifty-eighth edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 1884 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Written by clinicians renowned in their respective fields, this trusted text offers the most current insights into epidemiology, symptoms, signs, and treatment for more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. For each topic, you'll find concise, evidence-based answers to questions about hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined clinical companion is the fastest and easiest way to keep abreast of the latest diagnostic advances, prevention strategies,...
6) Mercies in disguise: a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 262 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The phone rings: the doctor has the results. "Are you ready Amanda?" The two people Amanda Baxley loves the most had begged her not to be tested. But she had to find out. If your family carried a mutated gene that foretold a brutal illness and you were offered the chance to find out if you'd inherited it, would you do it? Would you walk toward the problem, bravely accepting whatever answer came your way? Or would you avoid the potential bad news as...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxx, 222 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happened when a group of parents joined forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children's lives. Parents whose children had been diagnosed with the rare and fatal genetic condition Niemann-Pick Type C disease recognized there would never be a treatment in time to save their children if things stayed the same, so the parents set up a collaboration with researchers and doctors...
Author
Series
Friend zone volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Vanessa lives life on her own terms -- one day at a time, every day to its fullest. She can't afford to think about whether she has the same fatal genetic condition as her older sister. After all, she has way too much to do, traveling the globe and showing millions of YouTube followers the joy in seizing every moment. But lately, life has been anything but pure joy, and travel has come to an abrupt halt. After her younger step-sister drops off an...
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jennifer Cole has just been told that she has a terminal blood disorder and has just three months to live--ninety days to say goodbye to friends and family, and to put her affairs in order. Ninety days to come to terms with a diagnosis that is unfair, unexpected, and completely unpronounceable. Focusing on the positives (she won't have to go on in a world without Bowie or Maya Angelou; she won't get Alzheimer's or Parkinson's like her parents, or...
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