Heather Summerhayes Cariou, whose memoir I blogged about not long ago, has made a very kind offer to send a copy of her book, Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir to a reader of A Storied Career.
If you’d like to be the lucky recipient, simply write a sentence in the Comments section indicating that you’d like to receive the copy. I’ll draw a winner at random on Monday, Jan. 12, and ask Heather to send a copy to the winner.
Here’s some of the promotional material about the book:
Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir is a provocative, funny and profoundly moving literary memoir, the powerful and inspiring story of two sisters growing up in the shadow of a fatal illness, and a family fighting for a child’s life.
It’s Eva Longoria’s favorite new read – she optioned the film rights. Celine Dion wrote the foreword. Angela Lansbury couldn’t put it down.
When author Heather Summerhayes Cariou was six years old, she promised to die with her little sister Pamela, who’d been diagnosed with what Pam called “Sixtyfive Roses” – Cystic Fibrosis. However, Pam defied the limits of a dire prognosis, and in doing so taught Heather how to live. Together they discovered where to find joy and meaning in an often painful and uncertain world.
This book is a must read for any woman on her own heroine’s journey, and is especially appropriate for parents and young adult well-siblings who are care giving a disabled loved one, or know someone who is. The publisher is donating 5 percent of proceeds from the sale of the book to Cystic Fibrosis research in Canada and the U.S. Find out What Readers Are Saying
“This memoir is an astounding testament to the strength of family, but also to the reality of illness and a person’s spiritual growth…readers will not be able to put the book down. One can’t help but be moved in reading it.”
~ Book Review Journal
“Read this book. Your life will never be the same.”
~ Story Circle Network