The fourth hand
a novel
by John Irving
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"The Fourth Hand asks an interesting question: "How can anyone identify a dream of the future?" The answer: "Destiny is not imaginable, except in dreams or to those in love."".
"While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation's first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband's left hand - that is, after her husband dies.
But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Fiction, Transplantation of organs, tissues, Donation of organs, tissues, etc. in fiction, Television journalists in fiction, Television journalists, Transplant surgeons in fiction, Hand in fiction, Donation of organs, tissues, Surgery, Hand, Transplant surgeons, Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. in fiction, Psychological fiction, Love stories, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Football fansShowing 5 featured editions. View all 5 editions?
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The fourth hand: a novel
2002, Vintage Canada
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The fourth hand: a novel
2001, Random House Large Print
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