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OverviewBorn with a number of birth defects known as VATER Syndrome, Anna Loizeaux’s chances for survival were uncertain. Each day was a gift and each moment was precious. Much of her brief life was spent in hospital nurseries and operating rooms, where medical technology and human intervention mustered all their resources to give her the chance for life that nature had not. In the end, they couldn’t. Anna lived only a few precious, wonderful months, and when she died she shattered the lives of her parents. Where is the design to the death of a child? What is left to hold on to? William Loizeaux began to write a journal. Begun out of the agony of grief and the determination to forget nothing, Anna: A Daughter's Life becomes an affirmation: there is no life without a marker. In the terrible beauty and uncompromising honesty of her father's prose, Anna has her marker. This stunningly beautiful record of a father’s grief begun out of isolation and helpless rage, becomes an act of celebration. In it, he finds, and offers to us, the courage and spirit that asked so much from so brief a life. Here is an unforgettable portrait of an unforgettable child that reaches out to us all Full Product DetailsAuthor: William LoizeauxPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 14.00cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.290kg ISBN: 9781611456875ISBN 10: 1611456878 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 28 February 2013 Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews<p>Reminds me at times of certain passages I cherish in St. Augustine s Confessions, as well as others in James Agee s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and A Death in the Family. --James McConkey, author of Crossroads and Court of Memory It is a heartbreaking story, but the author's skill and eloquence make it unforgettable. Author InformationWilliam Loizeaux grew up in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, is the author of Anna: A Daughter's Life and the novel A Tumble Inn, and works for children. He lives with his wife in Boston, where he is Writer-in-Residence at Boston University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |