An invitation to meet George Estreich at the Center for Genetics and Society on Monday, June 3
By Flagged
| 05. 21. 2013
Please join us at the CGS office on Monday June 3 at 4:30 pm for a conversation with award-winning author George Estreich.
The Shape of the Eye, George’s family memoir about his daughter Laura, who has Down syndrome, has just been released in paperback. It’s getting rave reviews everywhere from the CGS blog Biopolitical Times, to parenting sites, to People magazine.
In a new afterword and in a series of amazing posts at Biopolitical Times (1, 2, and 3), George reflects on how the new prenatal gene tests are being marketed, what those marketing messages tell us about perceptions of disability and “normality,” and what’s in store as full-genome fetal testing develops. We are honored to have published those essays, as well as George’s "Of Monsters and Men," about The Amazing Spider-Man, and "On Vampires and Chromosomes," about the Twilight books.
We’ll have time after George’s remarks for discussing all of this, and for wine and light refreshments.
Please RSVP to mdarnovsky[AT]geneticsandsociety[DOT]org.
WHO: George Estreich, author of The Shape...
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