{"product_id":"things-i-learned-while-i-was-dead","title":"Things I Learned While I Was Dead","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"355\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"143\" data-end=\"215\"\u003eHow much is one life worth, and what would you sacrifice to save it?\u003c\/strong\u003e For \u003cstrong data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"230\"\u003eCalico\u003c\/strong\u003e, the answer is simple: \u003cstrong data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"317\"\u003enothing is more important than preserving her sister's life\u003c\/strong\u003e. No cost is too great. Until it is…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"446\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"357\" data-end=\"444\"\u003e“Saving Asha. That's my religion. 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Safe.\u003c\/strong\u003e Or so \u003cstrong data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"785\"\u003eDr Fates\u003c\/strong\u003e would have her believe. He plans to \u003cstrong data-start=\"822\" data-end=\"854\"\u003epreserve the sisters' bodies\u003c\/strong\u003e until his \u003cstrong data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"891\"\u003ebiotechnology research\u003c\/strong\u003e finds a cure for Asha.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"918\" data-end=\"1177\"\u003eBut when \u003cstrong data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"937\"\u003eCalico\u003c\/strong\u003e is brought back to life, she's in a \u003cstrong data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1019\"\u003epost-climate catastrophe, low-tech future\u003c\/strong\u003e, trapped in a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1055\"\u003eresearch facility\u003c\/strong\u003e. She's at risk of being sold off to a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1094\" data-end=\"1134\"\u003esinister enforced breeding programme\u003c\/strong\u003e. And worst of all – \u003cstrong data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1174\"\u003eAsha is missing\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1425\"\u003eCalico must find a way to \u003cstrong data-start=\"1205\" data-end=\"1224\"\u003esave her sister\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003eherself\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1262\"\u003enew friends\u003c\/strong\u003e she's made among the other \u003cstrong data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1307\"\u003etest subjects\u003c\/strong\u003e. But first, she has to \u003cstrong data-start=\"1331\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003eunravel the secrets\u003c\/strong\u003e the facility is hiding and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1382\" data-end=\"1401\"\u003ereveal the lies\u003c\/strong\u003e she has been part of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1646\"\u003eIn this striking \u003cstrong data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1453\"\u003edebut\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1455\" data-end=\"1472\"\u003eKathryn Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e raises poignant questions about the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1538\"\u003eethics of medical science\u003c\/strong\u003e, humans \u003cstrong data-start=\"1547\" data-end=\"1562\"\u003eplaying god\u003c\/strong\u003e, the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1599\"\u003econsequences of our choices\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the place of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1618\" data-end=\"1643\"\u003econsent in healthcare\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1701\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1699\"\u003ePraise for \u003cem data-start=\"1661\" data-end=\"1696\"\u003eThings I Learned While I Was Dead\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1978\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1702\" data-end=\"1781\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1704\" data-end=\"1781\"\u003e“A haunting tale filled with \u003cstrong data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1761\"\u003eemotional highs and lows\u003c\/strong\u003e.” – Kenechi Udogu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1782\" data-end=\"1849\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"1849\"\u003e“A \u003cstrong data-start=\"1787\" data-end=\"1805\"\u003eheart-stopping\u003c\/strong\u003e (literally!) concept.” – Melissa Welliver\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1925\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"1925\"\u003e“I was hooked from page one and I could not put it down!” – S. 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