Larry's Kidney

by Rose, Daniel Asa

• ISBN13: 9780061708701
• ISBN10: 0061708704
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

The Adventure of a Lifetime (Really): A Madcap Odyssey of the Heart (& a Kidney) on the Far Side of the Earth (Hello, China!?)Larry Feldman desperately needed a kidney. After two god-awful years on dialysis, watching his life ebb away while waiting on a transplant list behind 74,000 other Americans, the gun-toting couch potato decided to risk everything and travel to China, the controversial kingdom of organ transplants. But Larry urgently needed his cousin Daniel's help . . . even though they have been on the outs with each other for years.Sure, Chinese law forbids transplants to Westerners, but that didn't faze Larry. He was confident he could shake out a single pre-loved kidney from the country's 1.3 billion people. But wait: Larry was never one to not get his money's worth. Since he was already shelling out for a trip to China, he decided to make it a twofer: He arranged to pick up an (e-)mail-order bride while he was at it. After a tireless search on the Internet, he already knew the woman he wanted.Backed by a quarter-million-dollar disability settlement (was it the icicle falling on his head or the truck rear-ending him?) and armed with an all-purpose letter of recommendation from a devoted nun, Larry ventured forth from his Florida condo on an unlikely search for life and love in the most cryptic country on earth. Conflicted about the ethical issues surrounding medical tourism, and with no time to cultivate even a single Chinese contact, Daniel left the next day, on his own dime.So begins the quest of two star-crossed cousins to rejuvenate Larry's failing body and ever-romantic heart, while avoiding getting tossed into a Chinese slammer. An unforgettable adventure filled with Red Guards who waltz at midnight and former enemies who prove more true than family, Larry's Kidney is the funniest yet most heartwarming book of the year.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. xiii
The Phone Call	p. 1
McMao	p. 12
The Larry and Mary Show	p. 22
Making Love Out of Nothing at All	p. 40
Situation Splendid	p. 56
"Chutzpah" Is a Jewish Word	p. 67
Good Luck, We Trick You	p. 83
Anaerobic Memories	p. 101
The Kidnap Cabbie	p. 114
Welcome to the Super 2	p. 129
Return of the Kidnap Cabbie	p. 144
Shabbos Duck	p. 159
Dear Florida Power & Light	p. 178
Long, Long Live!	p. 197
Knock-Knock-Knock	p. 208
Thousand-Year-Old Panda	p. 223
Fate Make Us Together	p. 234
The Last Kidney in China	p. 249
Long Live Larry	p. 265
The Art of War	p. 283
Epilogue	p. 299
Nice Clear Morals, as Larry Prescribed	p. 302
Acknowledgments	p. 303
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