Darron had never met Hillenbrand or read any of her work. He knew that she had published a book on the racehorse Seabiscuit and that she was working on a second about the World War II bombardier Louis Zamperini, who was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisoner of war for more than two years.
What does it actually do? Answer. The gallbladder is a small organ that is located in the right side of your abdomen just below your ribs and sits under the liver. It is mainly a storage organ that helps in the digestion of fat and helps to make bile more concentrated to increase its effect on fat cells.
The gallbladder is a small pouch that sits just under the liver. The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver. After meals, the gallbladder is empty and flat, like a deflated balloon. Cholecystitis: Inflammation of the gallbladder, often due to a gallstone in the gallbladder. 2  Cholecystitis causes severe pain and fever, and can require surgery when inflammation continues or recurs. 3  Gallbladder cancer: Although rare, cancer can affect the gallbladder.