The Most Precious Gift

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 214 pages
• Published by: Silent River Press
• Edition: 1st Edition February 15, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0964287420
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0964287426
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Book Description
What would you do if someone close to you was about to die unless you put your own life on the line? There is a moment in ever person's life that has the power to be so defining that it changes the lens through which he or she sees the world. For author Lawrence Liebling, that moment occurs in 1974 when his sister, gravely ill for four years, is desperately in need of a new and risky medical procedure, a kidney transplant. At the age of 20, he is asked to be the donor and he consents. The operation is a success, but the immediate results hide unforeseen consequences. This true story follows relationships over the span of the next 25 years, as they twist and turn down a path of joy and celebration, as well as hardship and tragedy.

The Most Precious Gift is more than a clinical recounting. Liebling weaves a tightly written narrative that asks and answers some of lifes most enduring and thought provoking questions. It encourages us to examine our own lives, probe our innermost feelings to decide what is most important to us. This life-affirming book engages the reader's senses across the spectrum of emotions. It explores our ability to delve into the past in search of answers to questions that travel with us over the course of our lives. Speaking through the power and wisdom of his experience, Liebling opens a mirror to our soul as we join him on his journey to discover "The Most Precious Gift."

About The Author
For the past 25 years, Larence Liebling owned and operated a highly specialized electronic company based in New York. More recently he has edited and published several books including the critically acclaimed How To Forgive When You Can't Forget.

Mr. Liebling lives in long Island, New York with his wife, Carolyn, and son, Josh and Golden retriever, Molly

Reader Reviews
This is not a clinical account of a kidney transplant. Rather, it is a very personal account of the author's experience with his sister back in the 1070s. Back then, such transplants were not nearly as common as today. The author recounts the toll his sister's kidney disease had on the entire family and what the family went through both before the surgery and in the remaining decades of his sister's life. One minor criticism, the author does not state which hospital the surgery took place in. I am interested in such details. Nonetheless, this is a very moving personal account of how the donor, recipient and family coped with kidney diseaes, the transplant and it's aftermath. Comment | | (Report this)