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. Amy silverstein author of my glory was i had such friends. The publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. Amy silverstein audio books, best sellers, author bio. Sick girl by amy silverstein meet your next favorite book. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart immediately. Oct 16, 2008 in her compelling memoir, sick girl, amy delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive. Her engaging language and sharp insight make sick girl both compelling and moving. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She also has written the memoir sick girl, and her work has appeared in self, prevention, and glamour magazines.
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. Her new book tells how a new donor, and her family and friends support, kept. A year later the same doctor told her she had congestive heart failure and sent her to a cardiologist. She was a young law student when the first signs of a deadly virus. Sick girl by amy silverstein 2008, paperback for sale. Author of the acclaimed memoir sick girl, healthcare speaker amy silverstein has experienced more in her young life than many ever expected. Sick girl the hardcover publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. 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. Author, speaker, advocate for womens health and wellness. Published in 2007, sick girl was voted winner of the books for a better life award and a finalist for the borders original voices award.
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After practicing law and performing music, amy has discovered a new passion. Silverstein s book exposes some dark realities of posttransplant life. Sick girl 9780802118547 by silverstein, amy and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. 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. Sick girl by amy silverstein odd things considered. Ted koppel said, amy silverstein has lived twenty long years with a transplanted heart. Nearly 26 years after receiving her first heart transplant, amy silversteins donor heart plummeted into failure. A my silversteins new heartreceived when she was 25beat strong for twentysix years, far longer than its tenyear prognosis. Author, attorney, and speaker amy silverstein was a vibrant, energetic 24yearold student when she learned she had a failing heart. Sick girl by amy silverstein and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Silversteins memoir offers a rare glimpse at life as an organtransplant recipient. Click to read more about sick girl by amy silverstein. Sick girl amy silverstein author, eileen stevens narrator, audible studios publisher get audible free.
Audiobook, mp3 audio, unabridged original language. At the age of 25, silverstein sick girl, 2007 underwent a heart transplant, a grueling experience that she chronicled in her first memoir. This shockingly frank and irreverent memoir of a young womans life with a heart transplant will inspire and choke you. I learned a lot about being a person with a transplanted organ, the implications of the medicines that must be taken and the toll it takes on a person. 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. 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.
My glory was i had such friends amy silverstein hardcover. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sick girl. Both inspiring and provocative, reactions to the book ranged from inflammatory posts on a u. Mehmet oz called sick girl spectacular and susan cheever said, silverstein is an inspired storyteller. Jun 25, 2017 amy silverstein, who received a heart transplant at age 24, found herself with a failing heart again 25 years later. 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. 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. In her compelling memoir, sick girl, amy delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive.
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 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. Sick girl by amy silverstein 2016, mp3 cd, unabridged. 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. Amy s force, candor, and her refusal to be the thankful. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Buy sick girl by amy silverstein online at alibris.
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Amy silverstein books list of books by author amy silverstein. Despite a tenyear prognosis, amy silversteins new heart has been beating strong for nineteen years. And yet, there is also love and humor, and a radiant courage. Amy silverstein, who received a heart transplant at age 24, found herself with a failing heart again 25 years later. Candid and heartrending, this onceinalifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of showing up for those. Truly compelling, sick girl sucked me in from the get go. Mary roach, author of stiff and spook amy silverstein is not an easy patient, with good reason. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. Amy s force, candor, and her refusal to be the thankful patient from. Sick girl by amy silverstein overdrive rakuten overdrive. 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. With a budding romance and a heavy academic schedule, amy did not.