CONTENTS

Also by Richard M. Cohen

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

Chapter 1: Losing Sight of the Future

Chapter 2: The Diagnosis

Chapter 3: Meredith and Company

Chapter 4: An Unwanted Inheritance

Chapter 5: Resisting Help

Chapter 6: The Invitation

Chapter 7: Leaving Conventional Care

Chapter 8: A Bleak Landscape

Chapter 9: Hope as a Family Affair

Chapter 10: Invading the Vatican

Chapter 11: Joining the Jesuits

Chapter 12: Dr. Sadiq and the Magic Stem Cells

Chapter 13: East Meets West

Chapter 14: The Great Bone Marrow Harvest

Chapter 15: The Power of Human Decency

Chapter 16: Stem Cell Infusion

Chapter 17: Star and Crescent

Chapter 18: Blindsided, Again

Chapter 19: Psychology and Biology of Hope

Chapter 20: Anger Becomes Kid Stuff

Epilogue: Pursuing Possibility

Acknowledgments

About the Author