| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 350 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Contents |
In between. Knowing -- Life. Reluctant mother ; The box ; Reprieve, denial, reprieve ; It begins ; This is not forever ; The balcony summer ; An unfinished year ; Homestretch ; Our human assumptions ; "Hope" is the thing with feathers ; All the words -- Afterlife. "The refuge of the roads" ; The sound of silence ; Speak to me in Joni ; Little matches ; Faith is a choice. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-350). |
| Summary |
When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, O'Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs. Left in an existential crisis, O'Hara began to notice signs-- poignant, persistent synchronicities that seemed to lean toward proof of Caitlin's enduring presence. Her book is a reflection on life and death, motherhood, the pain of chronic uncertainty, and finding inspiration in the unexpected sparks that light our way through the darkness. -- adapted from jacket |
| Subject |
O'Hara, Maryanne.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Mothers and daughters.
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Daughters -- Death.
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Grief.
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Cystic fibrosis -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Cystic fibrosis -- Patients -- Family relationships -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780063027763 (hardcover) |
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0063027763 |
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