The Anomaly: Living off Donated Organs and Dark Humor

When Inka is born with cystic fibrosis, doctors give her only four years to live, leaving her parents devastated. They cancel her birth announcement in the newspaper because there’s nothing to celebrate. Their daughter will die.

But Inka lives—a happy, productive, busy life until one day, death is on her heels once more. Only one person can save her now: A stranger. An organ donor.

In her memoir, Inka looks back on how she survived one of the most complex and least successful organ transplants there is. She fought tooth and nail, not only to live but also to fulfill her dreams and make the impossible possible. She fell in love, got married, ran a half marathon, beat chronic lung rejection, and left her home country Germany to move to the United States. She is The Anomaly.

Yet one question remains: Is she healthy enough to become a mom?