Drawing Breath

Name: Drawing Breath
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Laurie Boris
ISBN: 9798882296192

Author: Laurie Boris

Narrator: Randi Larson

Unabridged: 5 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Laurie Boris

Published: 10/05/2013

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

Art teacher Daniel Benedetto has cystic fibrosis. At thirty-four, he's already outlived his doctor's "expiration date," but that doesn't stop him from giving all he can to his students and his work. When he takes on Caitlin, his landlady's daughter, as a private student, the budding teen painter watches in torment as other people, especially women, treat Daniel like a freak because of his condition. To Caitlin, Daniel is not a disease, not someone to pity or take care of but someone to care for, a friend, and her first real crush. Convinced one of those women is about to hurt him, Caitlin makes one very bad decision.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Celia on September 28, 2018

Daniel has cystic fibrosis. He is an art teacher. Isn't the title 'Drawing Breath' clever? Daniel is 34. He is living on borrowed time. Most who suffer from CF die in their teens. Caitlan is 16 and a student of Daniel's. She deeply cares for him. Is it love or infatuation? Laurie Boris draws these char......more

Goodreads review by Candace on September 15, 2015

This is a glorious story about love and loss. It's the kind of story that's so well done, so riveting and moving, that you'll want to savor it, share it, and perhaps read again when the time is right. We have a teenaged girl with all her life ahead of her, and she is desperately in love with an olde......more

Goodreads review by Mckenna on July 05, 2013

Caitlin Kelly, 16, has always been passionate about art. So when Daniel, the 34 year old art teacher who is renting the upstairs part of her house offers to give her lessons, Caitlin is thrilled. But as Daniel goes more in depth with their lessons, she begins to develop feelings for him. And the mor......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 27, 2012

Without any illusion, I want to say that Drawing Breath is one of the best indie authored books I have ever read. No offense to others, Laurie Boris has delivered a masterpiece in a short 137 pages. The story offers an insight into a chronic disease and how it plays into the life of an art teacher. T......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on February 11, 2014

A teenage girl is in love with her upstairs neighbor, an art teacher whose life will be cut short by Cystic Fibrosis. Jealous when another woman enters Daniel's life, Caitlin makes a rash decision. Drawing Breath is a heart touching story; one of those books that compels me to continue reading nonst......more