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Deception
Loretta Enright, author
How far does a family go to save their child’s life? How far is too far?
Upended. That’s the word to describe Nick Hampton’s life after sudden kidney failure: a restricted diet, multiple medical procedures, and no possibility for attending school or hanging out with friends. How does a ten-year-old boy survive the waiting game for a transplant? How does a family survive not only escalating medical demands, but also mysterious child negligence charges against them, financial harassment by the hospital, and an increasing suspicion that Nick’s doctor, is, in fact, obstructing the whole transplant process?
One family member is determined to fight back. After infiltrating the head doctor’s staff, she plans to use all means – legal or not – to save Nick.
The year is 2020 and hospitals are losing patients and billions of dollars in the Covid-19 crisis. Would an American medical institution dare to play with patients’ lives for financial gain? And more important, will Nick Hampton survive?
One medical source called the book “highly emotional.” A member of a local book club said she thought at first the book would be dry and full of medical details – but it wasn’t and she said she couldn’t put it down.