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Joe Zizzi's childhood in the 1950s had everything a kid could want--pro athlete dad, wonderful mom, cool big bro. When the '60s kick in, this ideal life is violently shaken: a car crash claims his mother's life and his father's career, and brother Matt becomes distant and disturbed. Over the years, Joe learns to cope and carves out a niche for himself as a college sports star, and later as a coach and writer, but he can't quite shake the family legacy. Diagnosed with kidney failure, the semi-pro husband and devoted dad has life-and-death decisions to make--and life wins, though perhaps only by a slim margin. Patients, caregivers, and professionals alike will learn from I, Kidney--possibly more than they wanted to know, but definitely plenty that they need to know.

Freelance writer Chris Six launched the eponymous Chris Six Group in 2013 to spotlight new and emerging authors and quirky fiction. Chris can be found living in a crowded part of New York City, often amusing neighbors and strangers by narrating story lines into an old-school pocket tape recorder. I, Kidney was supposed to be out last year, but the author has a valid medical excuse--a transplanted pre-owned kidney.