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Few things worse can happen to a mother than for her child to be diagnosed with cancer. This is an uplifting story of personal courage, astonishing achievements and the triumph of medicine and the human spirit over an appalling illness. Professor Justin P. Cobb BM BCH MCH FRCS Orthopaedic Surgeon to Her Majesty the Queen Count to Ten is the enthralling true story of miraculous pioneering surgery and Andrew's passionate battle for survival from life-threatening teenage cancer. The revolutionary new treatment by the dedicated team at the London Bone Tumour Clinic and Andrew's adventurous pursuit of his dreams are highlighted in graphic detail. Sheila Mary Taylor's gripping literary style makes you think you are right there experiencing it! Powerfully written, it holds the reader spellbound from beginning to end to discover the answers. Is his leg saved? Does he live or die? Does he find love? And does he learn to fly? It is so easy to love your children. It is so hard to hang onto hope, especially onto their hope - the hope they need to carry on.

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Sheila Mary Taylor was born in Cape Town of Scottish immigrants, Dr James Garden Taylor, psychologist, behavioural scientist and author; and Dora Taylor, novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic. Sheila studied at the Cape Technical College, and also trained at the University of Cape Town Ballet School after which she went to the UK to further her career as a dancer. Instead she met and married Colin Belshaw, a mining engineer. The couple immigrated to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) where their three sons were born. When their youngest son developed primary bone cancer, Sheila sat at his hospital bedside and was impelled by the drama of this situation to write about the incredible battle they fought together. This true and thought-provoking story, Fly With a Miracle, was later re-published under the title Count to Ten, by Taylor Street Books in San Francisco, where until April 2014 Sheila was chief editor. Second editions of her four novels to date have now been published by Precious Oil Publications. Sheila and Colin spend six months of the year in Cape Town, the other six in Menorca and the UK. She loves music, photography, walking and dancing. Her love for ballet never left her and this love has inspired a number of her books.

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