Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-307) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The past. My mother's fatal flaw -- The four mothers of Jews -- The post-Nazi Era -- pt. 2. The present. Indecision -- A decision at any cost -- The father of hereditary cancers -- The cruelest disease -- The science of matchmaking -- The operation -- pt. 3. The future. The future the old-fashioned way -- Biobabble -- What we fear most.
