Strings: The Miracle of Life - Hardcover

John Robbins, 48, wandered the jungles of Southeast Asia for ten years, settled in Thailand, then learned that hepatitis was destroying his liver. An American, a former university professor, and a Buddhist monk fluent in the Thai language, he was told--after eleven hospitalizations and a major surgery for liver disease--that his life expectancy was now measured in months. His only hope: a transplant.

Strings is an extraordinary odyssey told with sensitive passion. It is a medical narrative full of human drama and rare suspense. It is much more than an account of a liver transplant and the healing process afterward. It's a page turning medical thriller in the tradition of a Michael Crichton novel with the narrative and teaching power of Normal Cousins. This is a thriller as compelling as the best that modern fiction has to offer, except that this story is true.