'Iloved Kellee Slater's book. And not just because she's a transplant surgeon andI have had a liver transplant. At times I felt like she had been reading mymail!'  Derryn Hinch

Wheneverything is in place and both teams are ready, someone cries out 'Cross-clamp!'Then it is on for young and old as the clock is ticking. Up to this point, ithas been a careful and considered surgery. Now it is all about speed. We movelike Edward Scissorhands, chop, chop, chop. This is the trickiest part tomove fast without cutting something you shouldn't.

Welcome to the adrenaline-charged world of transplantsurgery. Top Australian surgeon Dr Kellee Slater invites us inside the operating theatrewith her dedicated team as she performs life-or-death surgery on a newbornbaby, brings a dying liver back to life with a staple gun in each hand, and undertakesthe confronting task of removing donor organs. How to Do a Liver Transplant is an enthralling and often blackly funny glimpse over the shoulder of a gifted surgeon. 

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