Seven Year Summer, Anna Byrne
Seven Year Summer, Anna Byrne
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Seven Year Summer

Author: Anna Byrne

Narrator: Jacqueline Kim

Unabridged: 6 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Anna Byrne

Published: 02/16/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Finalist for the Whistler Independent Book Awards. While in her early-thirties, Anna Byrne was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma. Over the next seven years, she endured four relapses, two stem cell transplants, and spent over 2,000 hours in Canadian hospitals. In 2014, she was given two years to live. Despite the odds, Anna left treatment cancer-free. She became a hospice volunteer and met Eleanor, a woman in her seventies whose death was imminent, and the two formed an unlikely friendship. Part memoir, medical guide, and spiritual text, Seven Year Summer explores the nuances of healing and hope amidst the struggle to survive.Jacqueline Kim is a multi-award-winning artist, filmmaker, and composer. Moved by this meaningful work, Kim returned to acting to narrate and to create a sound score under special moments in the book. “…appealing, poetic, and moving.” Whistler Independent Book Award judges panel, Canadian Authors Association“…an intimate, vulnerable, deep spiritual journey.” “Many people will be inspired by this work.” Sue Oakey-Baker, Author of Finding Jim

Reviews

There are no photos from that trip to South America, and because I travelled with the man that I thought was my soul mate, I wasn't journaling either. I only know the month and year because Barack Obama was elected the day we arrived in Quito: November of 2008. Following a week of Spanish immersion......more

Goodreads review by Pat

Insightful, compassionate, deeply moving and personal reflection on life and death from a writer unafraid to share her own challenges dealing with a life-threatening illness. In a parallel narrative the author invites us to share her experience as a hospice volunteer while comforting an elderly woma......more

Goodreads review by Laesa

Written in a warm and inviting voice, descriptive of the author's personal experience in facing her own mortality. Alongside her own narrative, there is a compelling story of the author caring for 70-year-old Eleanor in her last days in hospice care. My heart was softened and expanded reading this,......more

Goodreads review by Marg

A deep and beautifully written book about one person's death and another's harrowing experience with cancer treatment. This book gives the reader many unique insights into the remarkable cancer treatments that are available; the experiences of those personally living with all the physical, psycholog......more