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Against Long Odds

2014-06-11 Fiction
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Release : 2014-06-11
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 893/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Against Long Odds by : Colin Wright, M.D.

Download or read book Against Long Odds written by Colin Wright, M.D.. This book was released on 2014-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Against Long Odds is a story about the mystery of cancer, the unique relationship of doctors to their patients and patients to their physicians, the amazing complexity of biological systems and ultimately the surrender to all the unknowns. The laboratory discovery and isolation of a mutant gene that increases the chance of survival in patients with ovarian cancer leads a patient to travel to a major medical center to see the doctor who synthesized the antibody to the gene and demonstrated its role in the treatment of the disease. His interactions with his colleagues and the patient reveal a depth of purpose, sensitivity and humility in the face of unanswered questions. The patient is a young, married mother with most of her life ahead of her who deals with this misfortune in what the doctor considers a uniquely heroic way. She demonstrates a sense of self and her place in the world in some ways unfamiliar to the doctor. At the outset, they independently settle on a metaphor for the end of their journey. The reader only understands all of this at the end of the story. SUGGESTION! Save the last page for last!

Long Odds

2022-05-15 Fiction
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Release : 2022-05-15
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 521/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Long Odds by : Harold Bindloss

Download or read book Long Odds written by Harold Bindloss. This book was released on 2022-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Against The Odds

2000-12 Fiction
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Release : 2000-12
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 612/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Against The Odds by : Elizabeth Moon

Download or read book Against The Odds written by Elizabeth Moon. This book was released on 2000-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Fleet is threatened by mutiny, class conflict, and power struggles, Esmay Suiza-Serrano finds herself unceremoniously dismissed from Fleet and hurtled into the midst of warfare that threatens all galactic civilization.

Long Odds

2012-06-01 Fiction
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Release : 2012-06-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 489/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Long Odds by : H. Rider Haggard

Download or read book Long Odds written by H. Rider Haggard. This book was released on 2012-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subjects and historical periods that British action-adventure writer H. Rider Haggard tackled in his vast body of work ranged considerably, but one element remains a constant thread that unites his entire oeuvre: heart-racing adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. If you're looking for an engaging and entertaining read, try Haggard's Long Odds.

Long Odds

2000 Fiction
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Release : 2000
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 917/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Long Odds by : Gordon Weaver

Download or read book Long Odds written by Gordon Weaver. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Long Odds, Gordon Weaver's latest collection, each male protagonist struggles for moral and emotional strength to cope with a universe gone awry. Each of the eleven stories centers around a circumstance that is both ordinary and shockingly unpredictable. A small-time flop of a con man in the "psychic" business becomes dependent on his inspirational talks with a dead hustler from a bygone era. An eccentric helplessly watches a crumbling society from a table in his favorite diner. A proper Bostonian buries his black-sheep brother in rural Mississippi. A group of newly divorced men takes up daily exercise, in search of solace, in an upscale mall. Some of Weaver's characters win in the end, some fail miserably, but all of their stories depict their confrontations with self and surroundings. Each story lures the reader forward despite the potential disappointment and self-destruction that often loom just ahead for the characters. The father of a blind girl builds an elaborate Christmas light display for her as his wife watches with bewildered disapproval. A part-time college English teacher travels the freeways from job to job, and from woman to woman, to avoid the paralysis of stasis. Written in the bold, sharp style that is Weaver's trademark, Long Odds includes stories that shift in mood and tone from the serious to the comically ironic, but which are unified by a common sense of isolation as each man labors to make sense of his place in the world. Lauded by Publishers Weekly as presenting "characters whose cries are so human, raw and mordant, the reader forgets the fiction and is delivered inside the experience," Weaver skillfully introduces a level of depth and intensity to situations that may appear commonplace at first glance. This inventive collection offers a gallery of men who, outwardly ordinary, are revealed as complex in their humanity, defined as much by their sensibilities as by their actions--or their failures to act.

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