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'As gripping as a thriller' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Heartbreaking and life-affirming' MAX PEMBERTON, author of TRUST ME, I'M A (JUNIOR) DOCTOR
'The most spellbinding and harrowing story I believe I have ever heard. It is the story you are about to read' From the Foreword by BILL BRYSON
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The powerful and moving memoir by a scientist and mother of three of how she learned to live again, after a sudden severe...
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Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard lives in Copenhagen with her family. She is co-founder of Graphicure, a start-up company developing software solutions that empower patients to better understand their disease and manage treatment, and the Danish Science Club, a mentorship network for students and young adults.
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It's a wonderful meditation on the human condition and a testament to the power of love. It was heartbreaking and life-affirming in equal measure. An extraordinary story and a joy to read. -- Max Pemberton, columnist and author of TRUST ME, I'M A (JUNIOR) DOCTOR
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- PublisherHodder & Stoughton
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1473669367
- ISBN 13 9781473669369
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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