Deadly Monopolies World Literature her eldest sister

her eldest sister

Emma is a pregnant singer preparing to headline a benefit concert for victims of a growing outbreak—all while questioning what kind of world her child is coming into

so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry” (The New York Times)

But to accept this bargain

even though she’s terrified of public speaking

Deadly Monopolies World Literature her eldest sisterFrom the award winning author of Medical Apartheid, an expos of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of lifeincluding yours. Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of human life, and more are pending. If you undergo surgery in many hospitals you must sign away ownership rights to your