
by John Kelly
Kelly virtually lived with the three patients, their families, their doctors, and the researchers who led the clinical thais that would determine the course of their lives. There is Edward, a forty-eight-year-old international businessman, who withholds his HIV positive status from his friends and family. There is fourteen-year-old Romy, who may lose her leg to bone cancer but whose estranged parents come to support her. And there is thirty-four-year-old Julie, who, along with her surviving sisters, is determined to defy the legacy of breast cancer that has already claimed their mother and oldest sister.
With an unflinching eye, Kelly gives us an intimate, honest look at the world of clinical trials and has created three utterly unforgettable portraits of everyday heroes who, by offering their own lives, just might save ours.

by John Kelly
Kelly virtually lived with the three patients, their families, their doctors, and the researchers who led the clinical thais that would determine the course of their lives. There is Edward, a forty-eight-year-old international businessman, who withholds his HIV positive status from his friends and family. There is fourteen-year-old Romy, who may lose her leg to bone cancer but whose estranged parents come to support her. And there is thirty-four-year-old Julie, who, along with her surviving sisters, is determined to defy the legacy of breast cancer that has already claimed their mother and oldest sister.
With an unflinching eye, Kelly gives us an intimate, honest look at the world of clinical trials and has created three utterly unforgettable portraits of everyday heroes who, by offering their own lives, just might save ours.