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Reese und Amy sind ein glückliches Paar, zwei trans Frauen in New York, mit dem Traum von einer Familie. Doch dann entscheidet sich Amy, wieder als Mann zu leben, und die Liebe zerbricht. Als drei Jahre später Ames Chefin Katrina unerwartet von ihm schwanger wird, fasst Ames einen Plan: Warum ziehen sie das Kind nicht gemeinsam groß, zu dritt?

»Ein Buch wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht, so witzig und ehrlich, dass es von Kritik und Publikum gleichermaßen gefeiert wird.«...

"(This description is for the new edition published in 2013 which includes updates and revisions for the Affordable Care Act -Obamacare.)"

Does your doctor rush through appointments, leaving you with questions? Do you have trouble finding doctors who will coordinate your care? Have you been told your undiagnosed symptoms are all in your head? Have you suffered from a medical error, like millions do each year? Do you wonder why people get sicker from the drugs they take, or why we see ads on TV for drugs we patients can't purchase without a prescription?

Do you wish you could simply...

In 1968, Thomas McGuane (b. 1939) dazzled the literary world with his highly acclaimed debut novel, The Sporting Club. His second work, The Bushwacked Piano, a comic novel, won the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1974, his third novel, Ninety-two in the Shade, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Critics marveled at McGuane's abilities and drew comparisons between him and America's greatest writers.

McGuane has been dubbed -a writer's writer.- He has been praised for his technical luminosity, his savagely comic...

No one would have ever imagined the Torreys leaving the house armed with a supply of emergency medication and a list of top neurologists or ever needing to change their teenage son's diaper at 36,000 feet. That's the thing about life -- there is so much you can't imagine until it happens. You just need to figure out how you're going to get through it and, more importantly, what's going to hold you together.

Smiles and Duct Tape follows the Torreys on their harrowing journey through Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), the rare and cruel disease that forever changed their son's life. It's...