Sick girl by amy silverstein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. At twentyfour, amy silverstein was your typical typea law student. Oct 16, 2008 in her compelling memoir, sick girl, amy delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive. 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 womens health. Her first book, sick girl grove atlantic, 2007, published in three languages, is a bold, unforgettable selfportrait and a keenly observed, wryly humorous look at lifethreatening challenges that won a books for a better life award and. Her memoir is made all the more dramatic by the deliriously romantic bedside courtship with her future husband, and her uncompromising desire to become a mother. With a full course load and a budding romance, it seemed nothing could slow her down. A young womans revealing memoir of life after a heart transplant. Despite a tenyear prognosis, amy silversteins new heart has been beating strong for nineteen years. Silversteins memoir offers a rare glimpse at life as an organtransplant recipient. With a grace and force reminiscent of lucy grealys autobiography of a face or susanna kaysens girl, interrupted, amy chronicles her medical saga from the first misdiagnosis to her astonishing and ongoing recovery.
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In her new book, my glory was i had such friends, amy silverstein tells a onceinalifetime story about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit. There are few writers who are lucky enough to have the writing kill and perceptiveness as well as the misfortune to have abysmally bad health to write a terrific book like sick girl. Amy silverstein audio books, best sellers, author bio. Sick girl amy silverstein author, eileen stevens narrator, audible studios publisher get audible free. Mar, 2019 but those miraculous thirty years do come to end, and amy silversteins heart is once again in jeopardy. The publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. Jun 27, 2017 silverstein proved her writing mettle in 2007 with sick girl, which described her experiences when, as a 25yearold law school student, she discovered that her birth heart needed to be replaced. Audiobook, mp3 audio, unabridged original language. Buy sick girl by amy silverstein online at alibris.
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We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. This shockingly frank and irreverent memoir of a young womans life with a heart transplant will inspire and choke you. Author, attorney, and speaker amy silverstein was a vibrant, energetic 24yearold student when she learned she had a failing heart. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Sick girl by amy silverstein ebook download sick girl by amy silverstein ebook product details published on.
Mary roach, author of stiff and spook amy silverstein is not an easy patient, with good reason. Silverstein was a 23yearold law student when tightness in her chest and episodes of fainting first sent her to her family doctor, who advised her to eat more salt to get her blood pressure up. An incredible journey into the life of a young heart transplant patient, sick girl is extraordinary both for its gripping story of a medical miracle and for its unique and forceful narrator, amy silverstein. And yet, there is also love and humor, and a radiant courage. She also has written the memoir sick girl, and her work has appeared in self, prevention, and glamour magazines. Jan 05, 2015 author of the acclaimed memoir sick girl, healthcare speaker amy silverstein has experienced more in her young life than many ever expected. This shockingly frank and irreverent memoir of a young womans life with a heart transplant will inspire and choke you up with tears and laughter larry king. 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 womens health issues and patient. My glory was i had such friends is a tribute to these women and the intense hours they spent togetherhours of heightened emotion and selfawareness, where everything was laid bare. The book is author amy silversteins true story about her own unexpected heart disease, which put her on deaths door and resulted in a heart transplant at age 24. With her awardwinning memoir, sick girl, amy silverstein garnered tremendous attention, ignited controversy, and put herself at the center of an ongoing debate on patient rights, the omnipotent power of doctors, and the challenges of living with chronic illness. Sick girl by amy silverstein ebook vzd free ebook pdf.
Unsure if she even wants to live, she is soon convinced by nine wonderful women to make a change and go to californiawhere her last hope lies. Read sick girl by amy silverstein available from rakuten kobo. 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 womens health issues and patient advocacy. Sick girl the hardcover publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy.
May 09, 2009 author of the acclaimed memoir, sick girl, healthcare speaker amy silverstein has experienced more in her young life than many ever expected. Author, speaker, advocate for womens health and wellness. Sick girl by amy silverstein 2016, mp3 cd, unabridged. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart immediately. Biography and autobiography, heart, patients, transplantation, health, biography. Amy silverstein author of my glory was i had such friends. The hardcover publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. She was a young law student when the first signs of a deadly virus. Then, as her steadfast heart failed, the acclaimed author of sick girl was hospitalized, and her friends crossed the country in shifts as she waited on the precipice for a lifesaving heart transplant. Jun 25, 2017 amy silverstein, who received a heart transplant at age 24, found herself with a failing heart again 25 years later.
With a budding romance and a heavy academic schedule, amy did not. Sick girl by amy silverstein odd things considered. Amys force, her candor, and her refusal to be the thankful. Amy silverstein, who received a heart transplant at age 24, found herself with a failing heart again 25 years later.
Amy silverstein read the authors books online bookmate. Sep 10, 2007 sick girl was voted winner of the books for a better life sick girl was voted winner of the books for a better life award and a finalist for the borders original voices award. At the age of 25, silverstein sick girl, 2007 underwent a heart transplant, a grueling experience that she chronicled in her first memoir. Amy silverstein is the author of the new book, my glory was i had such frends june, 2017, harpercollinsan intimate celebration of the power of womens friendshipas well as the highly acclaimed memoir sick girl, 2007, grove atlantic a courageous, unforgettable selfportrait and riveting account of the quest to survive against all odds. In her compelling memoir, sick girl, amy delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive. A year later the same doctor told her she had congestive heart failure and sent her to a cardiologist. She has lived nineteen long years with a transplanted heart. Both inspiring and provocative, reactions to the book ranged from inflammatory posts on a u. Amy silverstein is the author of the new memoir my glory was i had such friends. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sick girl. A my silversteins new heartreceived when she was 25beat strong for twentysix years, far longer than its tenyear prognosis. Theres a special air around crisis that makes true intimacy possible in ways that daily life rarely does.
Candid and heartrending, this onceinalifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of showing up for those. I find stories of medical drama to be compelling reading, but to be honest, i bought this because i was distracted and reaching for a book about a munchhausen by proxy survivor and grabbed this instead and did not notice until later. At just twentyfour, amy silverstein was your typical typea law student. As amy says in the last line of the book s prologue, the result was transcendent.
Amy s force, candor, and her refusal to be the thankful. Sick girl by amy silverstein overdrive rakuten overdrive. Truly compelling, sick girl sucked me in from the get go. Nearly 26 years after receiving her first heart transplant, amy silversteins donor heart plummeted into failure.