{"product_id":"mapping-fate-alice-wexler-9780520207417","title":"Mapping Fate: A Memoir of Family, Risk, and Genetic Research","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMapping Fate, \u003c\/i\u003e Alice Wexler tells the story of a family at risk for a hereditary, incurable, fatal disorder: Huntington's disease, once called Huntington's chorea. That her mother died of the disease, that her own chance of inheriting it was fifty-fifty, that her sister and father directed much of the extraordinary biomedical research to find the gene and a cure, make Wexler's story both astonishingly intimate and scientifically compelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Wexler's graceful and eloquent account goes beyond the specifics of Huntington's disease to explore the dynamics of family secrets, of living at risk, and the drama and limits of biomedical research. \u003ci\u003eMapping Fate\u003c\/i\u003e will be a touchstone for anyone with questions about genetic illness and the possibilites and perils of genetic testing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Wexler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520207416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520207417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.52w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/07\/1996","brand":"Alice Wexler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946693460223,"sku":"9780520207417","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_164a5b14-4aad-472b-8190-b7a4d4ec41f9.jpg?v=1681514599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mapping-fate-alice-wexler-9780520207417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}