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Title: interesting; jarring
Review: I'm not quite sure how to react to this novel, although I liked it. Mr. Bohjalian has yet again written a daring and gripping novel about people who are at once easy to relate to and difficult to fathom. Some parts of the book were painful to read (the surgery section is not for the squeamish). However, Mr. Bohjalian brings great insight to the intersection of the personal and political, and writes about a usually forbidden topic with understanding and kindness. This is not a topic I would have been interested in if Mr. Bohjalian didn't write it, but since he was the author, I enjoyed it almost as much as "Midwives" and "The Law of Similars."
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