Family Gene, The - Linder, Joselin
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When Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors discovered a deadly blockage in her liver. Struggling to find an explanation for her unusual condition, Linder compared the medical chart of her father?who had died from a mysterious disease, ten years prior?with that of an uncle who had died under similarly strange circumstances. Clearly, Linder's illness was more than a fluke?it was genetic. Here, she tells the story of their unique affliction. A compelling chronicle of survival and perseverance, The Family Gene is an important…mehr

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When Joselin Linder was in her twenties her legs suddenly started to swell. After years of misdiagnoses, doctors discovered a deadly blockage in her liver. Struggling to find an explanation for her unusual condition, Linder compared the medical chart of her father?who had died from a mysterious disease, ten years prior?with that of an uncle who had died under similarly strange circumstances. Clearly, Linder's illness was more than a fluke?it was genetic. Here, she tells the story of their unique affliction. A compelling chronicle of survival and perseverance, The Family Gene is an important account of a young woman reckoning with her own mortality and her ethical obligations to herself and those closest to her.
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Joselin Linder is a regular contributor to the NEW YORK POST, whose work has also been featured on THIS AMERICAN LIFE, MORNING EDITION and LIFE OF THE LAW. She spoke at the TEDX GOWANUS event in Brooklyn in 2014, presenting for the first time on the subject of her family gene and the deadly illness to which it leads. Exclusive to just fourteen people, the story of the gene will be told in Linder's new book, THE FAMILY GENE, coming out in 2017. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two dogs.