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Longwood Author Series Presents: Borrowing Life

January 11th, 2022 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Over a red background: cover image of the book "Borrowing Life" is on the left and a portrait of Shelley Fraser Mickle is on the right.

Please join us for Countway’s first virtual Author Series event of 2022:

Borrowing Life: How Scientists, Surgeons, and a War Hero Made the First Successful Organ Transplant a Reality
A conversation with author Shelley Fraser Mickle

Tuesday, January 11
5:30-7:00pm EST via Zoom
Register: countway.info/borrowing

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical miracle of the world’s first successful organ transplant.

“An extraordinary work … a beautiful tribute to medical science as well as to humanity.” (Jill McCorkle, NYT bestselling author of Life After Life)

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Date: January 11th, 2022
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Calendars: Public Events
Event types: Lectures / Seminars / Forums

Venue

Virtual

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