The launch is at Readings Bookstore, 701 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Sunday 31st August at 3pm.
The Royal Children’s Hospital will also hold a celebration of the release of The Upside of Down on Tuesday 9th September at 11am on Main Street (within the RCH).
Synopsis:
Susan Biggar fell in love with a New Zealander. Maybe as an American, she saw Darryl as a ticket to an exhilarating, global life. When her first son arrived, he came with fierce blue eyes, a curly toe and cystic fibrosis. The doctors said he would be lucky to reach the age of thirty.
A job offer in Paris snatched the family from New Zealand, depositing them in the city of lights, romance—and a whole new medical world. When Susan’s second baby was also born with cystic fibrosis , the insignificant worries of her old life slipped away, shifting her from ‘normal mum’ to ‘gotta-figure-out-how-to-keep-the-kids-alive-mum’.
This—and all that followed—was not what she expected.
Set across the globe—in California, New Zealand, France and Australia—The Upside of Down is a story of belief, of learning that sometimes joy is a decision.
Publishing details:
9781921924699
Trade PB 234X153mm
320pp $29.95
Release date: 1 September 2014
All Rights: Transit Lounge
Hi Susan,
My name is Lizzie Werry and I am David Werry’s daughter. Dad gave me your book to read, which I read in two days! I loved it. One of my best friends has CF, so reading your book from a parents perspective and a family perspective was really interesting. Thanks for sharing your story with the world, it was a privilege to read.