I’m proud and excited to unveil our book’s beautiful cover. We believe it strikes just the right tone and look (given the heavy subject matter, we had to walk a fine line between too somber and too cutesy). The designers did a great job.
That the gift-wrap concept was inspired by my dear friend and former colleague Barbara Williams Ellertson is a special bonus. Barbara gave me my first job in book publishing at a small press, back in the 1980s. Before then my experience was in magazines and in feature writing, so book publishing was a whole new world. Barbara set the high standards that stayed with me.
I’ve been thinking about those days this week as I find myself, decades later, navigating digital page proofs of the book when I long for the comfort of galleys and repros. (On the other hand, I never would have been able to share the cover this way back then!)
In recent years Barbara and I have each followed our passion. You know about mine, of course: advocacy for kidney donation through this website, the upcoming book, and activism. Barbara’s passion combines her love of books with her love of art history, and she’s made a significant contribution to the field with the BASIRA (Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art) Project.
The Insider’s Guide to Kidney Donation will be out this summer and I hope will have a lasting impact, as will the BASIRA project. It’s funny where an idea, a passion, and a long reach can lead.
Could You Be a Kidney Donor? What to Expect If You Give the Greatest Gift 
Just let us know when to order it!…Mille Baci, F&J
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