The Match

My Sisterrs"s Keeperin nonfiction: a familyrs"s real-life struggle to cure their daughter by creating her genetic match Marshaling the most cutting-edge reproductive technologies, Stacy and Steve Trebing endeavor against all odds to create the "savior sibling" who can cure their daughter Katiers"s debilitating disease.

Beth Whitehouse is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for Newsday and an adjunct professor of journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Prelude	p. ix
ôMind If I Take One Last Ski Run?ö	p. 1
ôWhat Do You Think It Is?ö	p. 8
ôNever in a Million Yearsö	p. 18
ôThis Is a Beautiful Embryoö	p. 24
ôFor Them, the Dice Are a Bit Loadedö	p. 31
ôThis Is for Desperate Couplesö	p. 38
ôWe Have Incomplete Informationö	p. 47
ôI Could Never Do Thatö	p. 60
ôWhy Me? Why This?ö	p. 70
ôI Wish We Hadn't Done Itö	p. 75
ôThe Easter Bunny Would Be Jealousö	p. 81
ôCome On, Babyö	p. 88
ôTake an Additional Folic Acid, in Case It's Twinsö	p. 94
ôThings Look Really Goodö	p. 102
ôSo Much of Who We Are Happens at the Beginningö	p. 112
ôIt's Hard to Tell Parents, 'Don't Do This'ö	p. 121
ôThere's No Black-and-White Answerö	p. 130
ôWe're Not Going to Stop the Futureö	p. 138
ôIt's a Boy!ö	p. 149
ôI Like This Place a Lotö	p. 156
ôNow It's Crunch Timeö	p. 162
ôYou Conceived Your Son for This?ö	p. 169
ôWill I Get Handcuffed with My Kids?ö	p. 178
ôThis Is Mind-Bogglingö	p. 184
ôBeing a Mom Is the Coolest Giftö	p. 191
ôIt's Now or Neverö	p. 200
ôBubba's My Brotherö	p. 205
ôGood Luckö	p. 218
ôHer Body Is Healingö	p. 224
ôWhy Are You Taking the Lights Down?ö	p. 231
ôBack Up and Bling-Blingö	p. 238
ôIt Goes So Fastö	p. 245
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