![]() ![]() “You have to put your personal story in it.” “Vanessa, nobody wants to buy a book about death, dying, and dialysis,” she said. She called me, telling me that she wanted to work with me, asking if I wanted to work with her. I sent it to Mary Evans, the literary agent who represented Victoria Sweet, author of God’s Hotel, and Abraham Verghese, author of The Tennis Partner and Cutting for Stone. It outlined how each chapter would illustrate that message through the often tragic stories of patients I had encountered since nephrology fellowship. Because there is no getting out of life alive, no matter how rich or privileged you might be. ![]() This universal message would apply to everyone, regardless of race or socioeconomic status. ![]() ![]() Then, the only message I intended to convey-Dialysis should not always be the response to kidney failure. The thought, “I think I have I book in me,” first crossed my mind five years ago. Most aspiring writers don’t get a literary agent and most of those who do get an agent don’t get a book contract at all, much less with a prominent publishing house. The writing of HUNDREDS OF INTERLACED FINGERS has been quite the adventure and I have been extremely fortunate. Introduction to the book by Vanessa Grubbs ![]()
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