Kiki lives with her mother father and repulsive old dog. Life is good exceptthat her father a doctor feels compelled to constantly embark on humanitarianmission... » 

Kiki lives with her mother father and repulsive old dog. Life is good exceptthat her father a doctor feels compelled to constantly embark on humanitarianmissions to dangerous places. No matter how persuasive her arguments Kikicant convince him to stay home. Her mother explains the odds theres verylittle chance her father will die because after all how many of her friendsfathers have died? Unconvinced Kiki dreams up ways to bolster those odds. Ifits unlikely that a girl would lose her father wouldnt it be twice asunlikely that shed lose a father and a pet? When her father actually does gomissing and her mother becomes increasingly distraught Kiki feels she reallymust do something but can she live with the consequences of committing sucha terrible irrevocable act? This perceptive and compelling novel deals withserious moral issues in a funny deeply human way. «