Daughter of Family G: A Memoir of Cancer Genes, Love and Fate

February 19, 2021 -
12:00pm to 1:00pm

Ami McKay
Author

Abstract: Novelist and essayist Ami McKay writes that “while genetic testing can open doors to preventative health care and screenings, it’s also one heck of a Pandora’s Box filled with worry and what ifs. After living with my results for nearly two decades, I decided it was time to share my story.” Daughter of Family G tells that story, recounting her family’s experience with hereditary cancer, the search for “the gene,” and the physically, financially, mentally, and emotionally complex life that follows receiving results of genetic testing for Lynch syndrome.

In the United States, the memoir is available for ebook and audio purchase on these platforms: Kobo, Kindle, Nook, and Audible.
It is also available online through PittCat.
A reading guide for the memoir is available here.

View online here.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Bioethics & Health Law and the Department of Human Genetics

Location and Address

Online (Event will begin at 12:10 pm - 1:10 pm)