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Highlights
- At twenty-six, Gaby felt like her life was just beginning.
- Author(s): Gaby Laurent
- 200 Pages
- Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
Description
Book Synopsis
At twenty-six, Gaby felt like her life was just beginning. Newly married and pregnant with her first child, she was on top of the world.
But that joy was shattered when a routine blood test led to a diagnosis of AML Leukemia-and the treatment she needed could harm her baby or save them both.
As a mother and cancer survivor, Gaby navigated the complexities of motherhood, adoption, and addiction, confronting the darkest depths of the human spirit.
Yet out of her walk through fire has come a message of hope and resilience.
More than a personal narrative, this memoir provides a roadmap for finding strength in adversity. Gaby's journey will help you discover hope in the darkest times and inspire you to live your life to the fullest.
Review Quotes
"This is a wondrous book, written with accessible clarity and "extraordinary" humanity. This is an important book, a journey of heart and emotion through suffering; the valley of the shadow of death. When you begin reading you may think this memoir has nothing to say to you. You wait. The tears will come, the joy will come, and then the gratitude will come." --Paul Young, author of The Shack
Gaby Laurent has led an incredible life. Certainly, her memoir inspires anyone fighting what can seem to be insurmountable challenges. The real gift of her story, however, is her revelation that struggles come in many different forms and all, regardless of society's pre-conceived notions, deserve our attention, compassion, grace, and support. Her fight to win her own battles and then later to fight different battles for others is full of valuable life lessons and redemption - all laid out for the reader by a writer who has a unique perspective on the value of every day. --Coach Bill Courtney, subject of the Oscar-winning film Undefeated, host of the podcast An Army of Normal Folks, author of Against the Grain
"In this memoir, a young mother who survived cancer during pregnancy realizes that the opportunity to grow old may be one of the greatest gifts that life can offer... A heartwarming account of one woman's impressive resilience." - Kirkus Reviews