My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062457462 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Book groups will love this book! Amazon Customer This book had me riveted from the get-go. I not only felt that I was living with Amy through her incredible journey, but also that of her wonderful friends. It truly is a book for the 21st century as it combines the account of the amazing medical advances which have kept Amy ali. Whether you like memoirs or fiction I haven't been able to put this book down since I got it. It is an incredibly compelling story about the power of friendship and a poignant reminder of how fragile life is. Whether you like memoirs or fiction, mysteries or dramas, you will enjoy the way the story unfolds and the. "Showing up for the ones you love" according to Margo R.. What a beautifully written, gripping story – both a moving portrait of the author’s fierce will to live and a love letter to the power of friendship. When Amy’s transplanted heart begins to fail, her dearest friends from different parts of her life, along with
She lives in New York.. Amy Silverstein is the author of Sick Girl, which won a “Books for a Better Life Award” and was a finalist for the Border’s Original Voices Award. She earned her Juris Doctor at New York University School of Law, has served on the Board of the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS), and is an active speaker and writer on women’s health issues and patient advocacy
Sleeping on a cot beside her bed, they rubbed her back and feet when the pain was unbearable, adorned her room with death-distracting decorations, and engaged in their “best talks ever.” They saw the true measure of their friend’s strength, and they each responded in kind.My Glory Was I Had SuchFriends is a tribute to these women and the intense hours they spent together—hours of heightened emotion and self-awareness, where everything was laid bare. Creating a calendar spreadsheet, the women—some of them strangers to one another—passed the baton of friendship, one to the next, and headed straight and strong into the battle to help save Amy’s life.Empowered by the kind of em
Silverstein spares no words honestly describing the endless emotions she felt when friends from work, childhood and her community walked alongside her as she waited for a heart…As different as these friends were, they all had common goals that brought them together: a love for Amy and a desperate desire for her to get a new heart. Amy Silverstein has tapped into that moment with a cast of women who will make you pine for your nearest and dearest.” (Kelly Corrigan, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Middle Place and Glitter and Glue)“A tremendously moving story about the power of female friendship—the incredible way our bonds deepen with age, and a gentle reminder to all of us how imp