Reddit reviews Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine

Not exactly specific to genetic counseling but I liked these two and read them before going to school:

1. Far From the Tree - each chapter explores the experiences of living with or having a child with a certain identity or condition
   
   
2. Genetic Rounds - a narrative by a geneticist (MD) and each chapter tells a story about a different child or family he's met impacted by a genetic coundtion (I'm not sure why it's so expensive on Amazon, I'm sure you'd be able to find it cheaper elsewhere!)
   
   These books are both more about families' experiences than GCs, but I think they offer a good introduction into what we can encounter in our work.

My recommendations are not particularly ethics focused either but I found them all interesting and think they all give good insight into different aspects of genetic counseling- whether that's what it's like to be a healthcare provider or someone living with a family member with a genetic condition.

My Foreign Cities: Just finished this one. A beautiful memoir about a woman and her marriage to her high school sweetheart, who had cystic fibrosis.

Genetic Rounds: A Doctor's Encounters in the Field that Revolutionized Medicine: A series of stories about the experiences of a pediatric geneticist.

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity: One of my favorite books. It explores what happens when children turn out to be very different from their parents in some way, with chapters dedicated to children with autism, Down syndrome, schizophrenia, and multiple severe disabilities, among other things.

[The Still Point of the Turning World] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594205124/ref=x_gr_w_glide_bb?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_glide_bb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594205124&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2): A memoir by a mother whose son is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs disease.

I also want to second The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down- another favorite of mine!