Our next two entries are a pair of emotional memoirs from opposite sides of the world. From South Africa, we have one woman's account of her struggle to overcome infertility, and from Canada comes a father's story of his son's battle with cancer and his family's determination to make the most of the time they all had left together.
So Close: Infertile and Addicted To Hope
by Tertia Albertyn - www.tertia.org
R130.00 (Oshun) Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"What happens when you start trying for a family...and trying, and trying some more? How Far do you go to achieve your dream of having children? So Close is the heart wrenching, exhilarating, devastatingly funny story of Tertia Albertyn's battle with infertility...During Tertia's journey everything that can go wrong does go wrong. Until, finally, everything goes just right."
Ya Can't Let Cancer Ruin Your Day: The James Emails
by Syd Birrell (with Forward by Tom Hanks) - www.jamesfund.ca
$16.95 (Green Train Books) Buy it
Blooker category: Non-Fiction
"Syd Birrell is a man with a mission. In fact, make that two missions. His goal is to inspire families to cherish each other, living each day as if it were their last together, and while he's at it, he'd like to find a cure for cancer--specifically, for neruoblastoma, the deadly childhood cancer that claimed his son, James, at the age of eight. When James was diagnosed with the disease that killed him, Syd, his wife Pam and their family didn't retreat, withdraw or give up. Instead they set about realizing as many dreams as possible with whatever time they had left with James...the result was an all too short life lived to the fullest and this book, a loving testament to his son and words of encouragement and hope for anyone who ever faced adversity."
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