· The following is an excerpt from Megan Gidding's debut novel, Lakewood, an unflinching look at the moral dilemmas many working-class families face, and the horror that has been forced on black bodies in the name of www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 6 mins. "Megan Giddings' Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves? A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentation—part The Handmaid’s Tale, part The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks/5.
Lakewood, Megan Giddings's first novel, tells the story of Lena Johnson, a young Black woman who, following the death of her grandmother, becomes the primary caretaker of her disabled mother www.doorway.ru Johnson is close with her mother and grandmother, she makes the difficult decision to drop out of college so she can secretly participate in a high-paying (though very suspect) research. Megan Giddings' Lakewood is the fascinating, unsettling story of a young woman who - in desperate need of money to support her family after her grandmother dies - opts into a mysterious medical experimentation program. Thanks to Bibliofinder and Amistad Books for the free review copy!. Lena quickly learns that Lakewood is not nearly the above-board medical group she hoped it would be. by Megan Giddings ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ma. A first-time novelist offers medical horror with a political edge. Lena Johnson's grandmother has just died, leaving behind a staggering amount of debt. Lena's mother is debilitated by an illness—or collection of illnesses—no one can diagnose or cure.
The following is an excerpt from Megan Gidding's debut novel, Lakewood, an unflinching look at the moral dilemmas many working-class families face, and the horror that has been forced on black bodies in the name of science. "Megan Giddings' Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves?. Megan Giddings’ Lakewood is a gripping thriller of ideas in the tradition of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, depicting a terrifying world of public complicity and government-sponsored malpractice. Giddings asks: What happens when our want to be useful is weaponized against us, when the only way we see to help others is to invite harm upon ourselves?.
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