TEXT FOR AUTHOR BIO:: Jay Mikes is a public school teacher and coach in Schaumburg, Illinois. In 1987, he published his first book, Basketball fundaMENTALS: A Complete Mental Training Guide. He is the father of three adopted biracial children. Uncle Tom's Clinic is his first novel. TEXT FOR BOOK DESCRIPTION: Uncle Tom's Clinic is the story of two women, Faith Brandon and Kara Ellison. Faith, a victim of rape while on spring break in Florida, must make the agonizing life and death choice for the child she is carrying in her womb. As the daughter of Dr. Ryle Brandon, nationally known Christian author and President of Justin College, a small Christian college in the midwest, Faith is too ashamed to tell anyone of her condition. Moreover, she is certain she will lose her boyfriend, Chris, unless she has an abortion. Facing and impossible situation, Faith turns to her best friend, Hope Stuart, daughter of Vivian Stuart, the pro-choice Democratic candidate for Congress. Hope, who has taken a summer job at her Uncle Tom's abortion clinic, offers Faith an easy way out of her dilemma. Meanwhile, Kara Ellison, and her husband, Robert, ar struggling with infertility. Their fervent prayer is to adopt a child. Will God answer their prayers?