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Larry's Kidney: Being The True Story Of How I Found Myself In China With My Black Sheep Cousin And His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting The Law To Get Him A Transplant--and Save His Life (2009)

by Daniel Asa Rose(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0061708704 (ISBN13: 9780061708701)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

William Morrow

review 1: A good book. I was thrown at first by the dialogue which seemed a bit wordy or prosy, for everyday speech (it didn't feel authentic, real). But I got used to it pretty quickly and sort of found it charming how they spoke to each other with a bit of a privileged vocabulary and syntax. I am not going to say anything on the morality of the subject matter. I will say I didn't really judge them too harshly for the actions they took to try and save Larry. You gotta do what you gotta do to survive.
review 2: I borrowed this book from a friend who bought it after hearing about the author on NPR. It's definitely a crazy story and a wild ride, but I was left feeling like much of it had to be fabricated. I think it often seemed too outlandish, where maybe it could ha... moreve held back a little and would have still sounded crazy, yet more believable. I had a hard time buying a lot of the little details about their time in Chine and the relationship between the two cousins. The way the family History was revealed often felt very contrieved, like Daniel Asa Rose might not be the best writer. I liked one of the last chapters, when Daniel is talking to Jade. I thought that was one of the more honest and revealing sections of the whole book. I wish the general tone had been a bit more serious and a lot less zany. I think it had potential and was certainly an interesting scenario, that got lost with the details that Rose decided were more important. less

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