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Forever Baby (eBook)

Jenny's Story - A Mother's Diary

Mary Burbidge (Autor)

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2015 | 1. Auflage
300 Seiten
HarperCollins Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-00-754911-5 (ISBN)

'I have a darling baby. A patient placid baby who nuzzles warmly into her sheepskin and gives me a sleepy smile when I come in. She sits up, bounces happily and reaches out for a cuddle ...' 'I've had my darling baby for nearly twenty years now and unless something happens, I guess I'll have her for another twenty years.' Praise for Forever Baby - 'Mary's writing has the quality of being both a participant and an observer. As a participant in a life and death voyage, she writes with emotional force. As an observer, there are some great passages of acute observation and stark - sometimes black - humour. 'But the dominant emotion is love: love given by Mary and the Burbidge Family to their daughter Jenny, love given by Jenny to Mary and family. A special love for a special child, which we are privileged, through this book, to share.' The Hon. Joan Kirner, former Premier of Victoria 'Some people just burn with a brighter flame, and Mary Burbidge, doctor, mother and fierce diarist, is one of them. When Mary gave birth over twenty years ago to a disabled baby girl, she began writing from the heart to make sense and meaning of her life. 'I have quoted Mary's experience in one of my own books, but I could never have suspected the dramatic turn of events that would conclude this story. The gritty, heart-bursting world of parenting is captured in a way that I have rarely met elsewhere, but the drama, transcendence and tragedy of raising a child with a disability takes this to a deeper plane still. 'Jenny's story and Mary's telling of it, will grip the reader and change how they see the world around them for a very long time.' Steve Biddulph, psychologist and author

"e;I have a darling baby. A patient placid baby who nuzzles warmly into her sheepskin and gives me a sleepy smile when I come in. She sits up, bounces happily and reaches out for a cuddle ..."e;"e;I've had my darling baby for nearly twenty years now and unless something happens, I guess I'll have her for another twenty years."e;Praise for Forever Baby -"e;Mary's writing has the quality of being both a participant and an observer. As a participant in a life and death voyage, she writes with emotional force. As an observer, there are some great passages of acute observation and stark - sometimes black - humour."e;But the dominant emotion is love: love given by Mary and the Burbidge Family to their daughter Jenny; love given by Jenny to Mary and family. A special love for a special child, which we are privileged, through this book, to share."e;The Hon. Joan Kirner, former Premier of Victoria"e;Some people just burn with a brighter flame, and Mary Burbidge, doctor, mother and fierce diarist, is one of them. When Mary gave birth over twenty years ago to a disabled baby girl, she began writing from the heart to make sense and meaning of her life."e;I have quoted Mary's experience in one of my own books, but I could never have suspected the dramatic turn of events that would conclude this story. The gritty, heart-bursting world of parenting is captured in a way that I have rarely met elsewhere, but the drama, transcendence and tragedy of raising a child with a disability takes this to a deeper plane still."e;Jenny's story and Mary's telling of it, will grip the reader and change how they see the world around them for a very long time."e;Steve Biddulph, psychologist and author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.5.2015
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schwangerschaft / Geburt
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Familien- / Systemische Therapie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Trennung / Trauer
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-00-754911-3 / 0007549113
ISBN-13	978-0-00-754911-5 / 9780007549115

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