Click to read more about sick girl by amy silverstein. Author of the acclaimed memoir sick girl, healthcare speaker amy silverstein has experienced more in her young life than many ever expected. 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. 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. 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. Few of us undergo a heart transplant at twentyfour, but we. A young womans revealing memoir of life after a heart transplant.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This shockingly frank and irreverent memoir of a young womans life with a heart transplant will inspire and choke you. 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. Sick girl by amy silverstein odd things considered. Candid and heartrending, this onceinalifetime story of connection and empathy is a powerful reminder of the ultimate importance of showing up for those. Amy silverstein, who received a heart transplant at age 24, found herself with a failing heart again 25 years later. As amy says in the last line of the book s prologue, the result was transcendent. 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. 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. 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. Mehmet oz called sick girl spectacular and susan cheever said, silverstein is an inspired storyteller. Ian munro, sydney morning herald sets the record straight about a socalled medical miracle. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sick girl the hardcover publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy.
Amy silverstein is the author of sick girl, which won a books for a better life award and was a finalist for the borders original voices award. My glory was i had such friends amy silverstein hardcover. Theres a special air around crisis that makes true intimacy possible in ways that daily life rarely does. Sick girl by amy silverstein 2016, mp3 cd, unabridged. In her compelling memoir, sick girl, amy delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive.
Sick girl by amy silverstein ebook download sick girl by amy silverstein ebook product details published on. Oct 16, 2008 in her compelling memoir, sick girl, amy delivers a searing insight into the battle to stay alive. A my silversteins new heartreceived when she was 25beat strong for twentysix years, far longer than its tenyear prognosis. 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. Truly compelling, sick girl sucked me in from the get go.
It focuses on her second heart transplant and the role her friends played in helping her. Sick girl by amy silverstein meet your next favorite book. 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. 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. Buy sick girl by amy silverstein online at alibris. If she wanted to live, she had to take on the grueling quest for a new heart immediately. At just twentyfour, amy silverstein was your typical typea law student. Audiobook, mp3 audio, unabridged original language.
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. Author, speaker, advocate for womens health and wellness. 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. Author, attorney, and speaker amy silverstein was a vibrant, energetic 24yearold student when she learned she had a failing heart. Despite a tenyear prognosis, amy silversteins new heart has been beating strong for nineteen years. At the age of 25, silverstein sick girl, 2007 underwent a heart transplant, a grueling experience that she chronicled in her first memoir. She has lived nineteen long years with a transplanted heart.
Mar, 2019 but those miraculous thirty years do come to end, and amy silversteins heart is once again in jeopardy. Sick girl 9780802118547 by silverstein, amy and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Sick girl by amy silverstein overdrive rakuten overdrive. Ted koppel said, amy silverstein has lived twenty long years with a transplanted heart. Amy silverstein read the authors books online bookmate. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. And yet, there is also love and humor, and a radiant courage. Buy a cheap copy of sick girl book by amy silverstein. 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.
Her engaging language and sharp insight make sick girl both compelling and moving. 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. With a budding romance and a heavy academic schedule, amy did not. Silversteins memoir offers a rare glimpse at life as an organtransplant recipient. Nearly 26 years after receiving her first heart transplant, amy silversteins donor heart plummeted into failure.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. After practicing law and performing music, amy has discovered a new passion. 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. June 27, 2017 waiting for a new heart, the author was buoyed by nine devoted friends. 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. Silverstein s book exposes some dark realities of posttransplant life. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. The publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. 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. 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. Sick girl by amy silverstein 2008, paperback for sale. 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.
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. Amy silverstein audio books, best sellers, author bio. Sick girl by amy silverstein ebook vzd free ebook pdf. Her new book tells how a new donor, and her family and friends support, kept. 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.
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 was a finalist for the borders original voices award. A year later the same doctor told her she had congestive heart failure and sent her to a cardiologist. Amy silverstein books list of books by author amy silverstein. 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. Amy s force, candor, and her refusal to be the thankful. Amys force, her candor, and her refusal to be the thankful. Jun 25, 2017 amy silverstein, who received a heart transplant at age 24, found herself with a failing heart again 25 years later. 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.
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. She was a young law student when the first signs of a deadly virus. Biography and autobiography, heart, patients, transplantation, health, biography. Both inspiring and provocative, reactions to the book ranged from inflammatory posts on a u. Sick girl amy silverstein author, eileen stevens narrator, audible studios publisher get audible free. The hardcover publication of sick girl garnered tremendous attention, generated impressive sales, and ignited controversy. Dec 05, 2018 sick girl by amy silverstein free mobi epub ebooks download.
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