My Angel Tree: In Loving Memory of My Dear Daughter Jessica Alice Leigh-Firbank, 25th May 1990 - 18th February 2002 - Couverture rigide

Bilski, Kirsty

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1906358109 ISBN 13 : 9781906358105

Editeur : Apex Publishing Ltd, 2008

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Extremely moving, a wonderful book written from the heart expressing courage and understanding a tribute to Jess and her family. --Bob Champion MBE, Ex-Jockey (Grand National Winner 1981)

My Angel Tree shows that Kirsty has a very readable writing style and an excellent way with the written word her book quickly reaches out to the reader. Kirsty relates events with a great recollection for detail but also writes movingly of the emotions and feelings surrounding each step in her family s journey alongside Jess. I am happy to recommend this book to you and we are thrilled that Children s Hospice South West will benefit from the publication, it seems a fitting tribute to a courageous young woman and the love and devotion of her family --Eddie Farwell, Children's Hospice South West

Kirsty Bilski's beautiful, poignant and searingly honest account of her 11-year-old daughter Jessica Leigh-Firbank's death from a rare form of liver cancer moved me to tears. But although almost unbearably sad, this is also one of the most uplifting, heart-warming and compelling books I have read in a long time. Through these pages, surely written in tears and yet also in the warmth of remembered joys and blessings, Kirsty Bilski extends a hand so that we can share, to some small extent, the journey she travelled with Jess. This is a moving tribute to a mother's love for her child and a family's love for each other, and also to those extraordinary people - doctors, nurses, counsellors, hospice staff - who help us along that final journey. Life is precious and so is our manner of dying; Kirsty Bilski's courageous and remarkable book, with its ultimate message of healing, acceptance and peace, will give strength and comfort to many people. --Susie Weldon, Western Daily Press (Woman's Editor)

Présentation de l'éditeur

In April 2000, Kirsty Bilski s life couldn t have been happier. It was a time of celebration and the start of a new life and brighter future for her and her new husband, Jerzy, together with her three children from her previous marriage, Jessica, Gemma and Stewart. Six months later, however, her family s world was shaken to its very core when Jessica, at the tender age of ten, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of liver cancer. This is the heart-rending story of Jessica s courageous journey through her illness, told through the eyes of her mother, who travelled alongside her daughter every step of the way, refusing to give up hope and guiding her with an incredible honesty that allowed Jessica to make important decisions about her own care, the most harrowing of all coming with the acceptance that she was going to die and that pursuing further treatment was not going to save her. There are highs, such as family holidays and meeting Myleene Klass, who dedicated her debut album to Jessica s memory, and there are extreme lows as Jessica, in February 2002, finally loses her fight for life in the beautiful and supportive surroundings of Little Bridge House Children s Hospice. Jessica was an inspirational child who touched the hearts of many during her short lifetime, and she will continue to do so through this moving tribute.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Apex Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1906358109
• ISBN 13: 9781906358105
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible