Lucy and the Bike Girl
Lucy, a 28-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis, meets the “Bike Girl,” who has the same disease, in an Internet chatroom. They are both, against the advice of friends and doctors, trying to get pregnant, and they find that they have a lot in common. They quickly become friends, but can never meet in person, because the Bike Girl carries a bacteria in her lungs that is toxic to anyone with cystic fibrosis. This piece was an experiment in combining fact and fiction. The interview tape is all from a real interview; my narration is fictional. Aired on This American Life, 12.14.07.

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