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Sixtyfive roses : a sister's memoir

"This beautifully written memoir offers a compassionate yet unflinching eyewitness account of the hope, pain, and courage of a family in crisis as it falls apart and puts itself together again and again, to emerg stronger and more loving. The heart of the story explores the relationship between the two sisters-one devastatingly ill, the othr healthy but burdened with guilt - as they journey through childhood, adolescence and young adulthood"--Back cover.

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  • "Sixty-five roses"@en
  • "Sixty-five roses"
  • "65 roses"

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  • "Heather Summerhayes was six when her four-year-old sister Pam was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis and given only months to live. "Sixtyfive roses" was the way Pam pronounced the name of the disease that forever altered the lives of her siblings and parents, who in turn helped alter the community's response to the disease by founding the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. With the help of the CF Foundation, research and new treatments, the fight to save Pam's lasted for years, until her death at the age of twenty-six. This beautifully written memoir offers a compassionate yet unflinching eyewitness account of the hope, pain, and courage of a family in crisis as it falls apart and outs itself together again and again, to emerge stronger and more loving. The heart of the story explores the relationship between the two sisters-one devastatingly ill, the other healthy but burdened with guilt-as they journey through childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood."
  • ""This beautifully written memoir offers a compassionate yet unflinching eyewitness account of the hope, pain, and courage of a family in crisis as it falls apart and puts itself together again and again, to emerg stronger and more loving. The heart of the story explores the relationship between the two sisters-one devastatingly ill, the othr healthy but burdened with guilt - as they journey through childhood, adolescence and young adulthood"--Back cover."@en
  • "The story of two sisters, Heather and Pam Summerhayes, and their family's fight to save Pam's life from cystic fibrosis. Their father is the founding president of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation."

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  • "Biography"
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  • "History"
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  • "Sixtyfive roses a sister's memoir"
  • "Sixtyfive roses : a sister's memoir"@en
  • "Sixty-five roses : a sister's memoir"
  • "Sixtyfive Roses"