Reaching for Normal
A Mother's Memoir of Raising a Child with Brain Cancer and Chronic Illness
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2021
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8535-9 (ISBN)
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8535-9 (ISBN)
This memoir of motherhood at its hardest reveals what went on behind closed doors and beneath the smiles, as the author writes in raw, honest detail about her relationship with her spouse, juggling work demands, raising her typically developing son, and finding lasting friendships throughout each of her daughter's setbacks.
When Amy and Dave learned that their six-month-old daughter, Emily, was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor, they were devastated. Throughout her childhood, they managed their daughter's complex cancer, all the while striving just to be an ordinary, normal family. In doing so, Amy kept her emotions close and plastered on smiles, some genuine, as she worked in between cancer clinic appointments, had another baby, and attended cul-de-sac potluck dinners. The smiles were harder to put on when Emily suffered from a massive stroke just before her 8th birthday. Amy suddenly found herself a parent to an active toddler and an almost eight-year-old who could no longer talk, walk, or feed herself. Emily's spirit remained shockingly unscathed. In the end, it was she who reminded the family to laugh, smile, and finally accept that they were anything but ordinary. This memoir of motherhood at its hardest reveals what went on behind closed doors and beneath the smiles, as Amy writes in raw, honest detail about her relationship with her spouse, juggling work demands, raising her typically developing son, and finding lasting friendships throughout each of Emily's setbacks.
When Amy and Dave learned that their six-month-old daughter, Emily, was diagnosed with a slow-growing brain tumor, they were devastated. Throughout her childhood, they managed their daughter's complex cancer, all the while striving just to be an ordinary, normal family. In doing so, Amy kept her emotions close and plastered on smiles, some genuine, as she worked in between cancer clinic appointments, had another baby, and attended cul-de-sac potluck dinners. The smiles were harder to put on when Emily suffered from a massive stroke just before her 8th birthday. Amy suddenly found herself a parent to an active toddler and an almost eight-year-old who could no longer talk, walk, or feed herself. Emily's spirit remained shockingly unscathed. In the end, it was she who reminded the family to laugh, smile, and finally accept that they were anything but ordinary. This memoir of motherhood at its hardest reveals what went on behind closed doors and beneath the smiles, as Amy writes in raw, honest detail about her relationship with her spouse, juggling work demands, raising her typically developing son, and finding lasting friendships throughout each of Emily's setbacks.
Amy Daniels has a masters in social science and has had a career working on social and clinical research projects in the academic, government, and private sectors. She also contributes to various parenting publications and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Diagnosis
2. The Aftermath
3. Our New Normal
4. Another Surgery
5. Summer from Hell
6. And Another Surgery
7. Another New Normal
8. Grown Up Friends
9. Baby Time
10. Goodbye Epilepsy
11. Home Away from Home
12. Home Sweet Home
13. School
14. Memory
15. Summertime Blues
16. Sky High Hope
17. Chaos
18. Welcome to NC
19. Aides
20. Working
21. The Tumor. Again
22. Decisions
23. Little Brothers
24. Blood Pressure
25. Iceland
26. The Beach
27. Answers
Epilogue
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.06.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 17 photos, index |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 345 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8535-5 / 1476685355 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8535-9 / 9781476685359 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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