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This life-affirming experience forged a bond that would become a pillar of Vanessa and Robert's marriage-and the beginning of her new career.

Despite their being early in their relationship, she volunteered one of her own kidneys-and discovered that she was a match. Although Vanessa was a primary care doctor, she developed a deeper understanding of the difficulties Robert faced with dialysis and in finding a donor. Robert suffered from end-stage kidney disease, which required him to endure years of debilitating dialysis to stay alive, at least until his failed organ could be replaced by a kidney transplant. The chats went well and we were lucky to have Vanessa Grubbs, not only write a post, but participate in both chats.A young, hopeful doctor's memoir-an unforgettable love story and an informative journey into the world of medicine and kidney transplantation that ultimately asks: What does it mean to let go of something that you love, even if it is life itself? When Vanessa fell in love with Robert, she had no idea that the relationship would thoroughly transform her life. I want to thank all of the NSMC Interns and members of the NephJC Work Group who buckled down to generate the 19 bog posts for every chapter of the book. patients, doctors, and care givers. Having Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers come out right when we were deciding on a book was amazing coincidence.

A nephrologist who wrote a book who gave voice to the problems and challenges faced by all of us caught up in the world of end-stage kidney disease. This year we were delighted to have a book written by a nephrologist for a larger audience. The following year we did Eric Topol's The Patient Will See You Now. The blog posts for this book are still consistently pulling page views. Our first year we did Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. The most ambitious of these alternatives was full books.

We wanted to cover clinical practice guidelines and influential editorials. One of the early concepts behind NephJC was to expand the topics beyond simply the research literature.