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Blood Brother: The Gene That Rocked My Family offers a brave and nuanced undertake one of the very most radioactive issues of our times: genetic trials. When her precious sibling, Jim, is identified as having Huntington's disease - a fatal brain disease - writer Mona Gable is all of a sudden thrust into alien, frightening territory with out a road map to steer her. Still, as she recovers from the distress of her brother's fatality, decisions must be produced. To get examined or not? To inform her children that they could also be in danger? To speak openly and publicly in regards to a disease that historically has been cloaked in secrecy and shame? That is a must-listen for anybody who may have grappled with similar issues or who suspects that they, too, may have inherited a lethal gene. Gable writes about women's issues, health, knowledge, travel, and international issues. Her work has appeared in Elimination, Fast Company, Los Angeles Newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, Pacific Standard, the Wall membrane Block Journal, and a great many other magazines. From 2011 to 2013, she was the feminist editor of BlogHer.com and is a contributor to the Huffington Post since 2006. Her essays have appeared in several anthologies, including The Maternal Is Politics: Women Authors at the Intersection of Motherhood and Social Change and the best-selling assortment of Salon essays, Moms Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood. She is also a facilitator with the OpEd Job, a venture targeted at increasing the range of voices shaping general public opinion.
