Friday 56

 Rules:

* Grab a book, any book.

* Go to page 56.  Or 56% on your ereader. 

* Find a snippet, short and sweet.

* Post it and add the url to your post at Freda's Voice

My book this week is The Panacea Project by Catherine Devore Johnson.  Calla's life changes forever when doctors discover that her blood might be the cure for cancer.  She wants to help, she wants to stop the suffering she sees all around her.  But when people start to treat her like a commodity instead of a person how much can she be expected to give of herself?

My Friday 56:

"But we need more tissue samples.  Liver and kidney this time.  We'll have to do them under general anesthesia, and I'd like to get at least thirty-six continuous hours of blood samples."

Calla winced.  She still had stitches from the last round of biopsies.

Calla has agreed to participate in a medical study, but she did not realize what the doctor would demand from her.

I'm really liking this one.  It is an interesting look at the best and worst of human nature as everyone wants something from Calla.  And there is also the moral and personal dilemmas Calla faces.  She can save some people, but not everyone, who does she save, and can she be expected to compromise her health and her life to save others.  Calla is a likeable character, and you feel for her as her life starts to spin out of control.  I can't wait to see how this one ends.