Incompatible with Nature: Against the Odds: A Parent's Memoir of Congenital Heart Disease - Softcover

Mayer, Tracie Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1537201298 ISBN 13: 9781537201290

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

WINNER of:

Pinnacle Book Achievement Award

Indie Reader Discovery Award

New Apple Official Selection E-Book Award

Bronze Medal Reader's Favorite Award

Silver Medal Global Ebook Award

Main Crest Media Award

Book Excellence Awards finalist

eLit Silver Medal Award

This award-winning narrative is the true story of a young black American woman who in the summer of 1984 uproots herself from family, friends, and life as she knows it, to marry a German man and move to his country. Tracie Frank Mayer does not speak the language and knows no one other than her husband when she gives birth six months later to her anxiously awaited son. Twelve days after his birth, a pediatric cardiologist says to her husband in German, “There is no surgery to save your son.” “Let your baby die,” he says to her in broken English. Their son, Marc is born with Heterotaxy Syndrome and only half of his heart. Battling her husband, the doctors who don’t believe Marc can survive, his innumerable infections as well as her own fears, Tracie does her level best to hold on in the maelstrom while doing all she can to ensure that her son has a chance at life.

This enthralling memoir is a remarkable tale of rebellion and resilience; an inspirational story of one woman’s fight for her child’s life and a testimony to the perseverance of the human spirit. With its triumphantly happy ending, Tracie’s story will surely give hope and encouragement to anyone facing any battle, not of his or her own choosing.

About this title

About the Author

Tracie Frank Mayer celebrates life. Tracie was born in Seattle, Washington, to a beauty queen and a gifted entrepreneurial father, who courted her mother with a winning smile and the flash of a canary yellow Cadillac. Her son, her charity work, writing and travel are her passions in life. For more information visit www.traciemayer.com

From the Back Cover

                                Incompatible with Nature
Against the Odds: A Parent's Memoir of Congenital Heart Disease

"No surgery can save him," the doctor explained to my husband in German.
"Let your son die," he said to me in broken English.
This is the inspirational story of one woman's fight to save her son's life.
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A parent's memoir, full of love, humor, and heartache. -KIRKUS REVIEWS

"This captivating memoir about a mother's fight to save her baby's life who was born with only half of his heart in a foreign country where the mother neither knew no one nor could speak the language, will inspire you to persevere, be determined and never give up when confronting any challenge.  This is a story you will never forget!
 
-Dean Ornish, M.D.
Founder & President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF
author, The Spectrum
 
 
"a great asset to the collection at  the Biomedical Library at the University of Pennsylvania and will help our medical students to connect with patient and parent experiences."
                   -Melanie E. Cedrone Biomedical Library  University of Pennsylvania 

 "...simultaneously a well-told tearjerker and heartwarmer, full of poignancy and passion that will have readers crying, laughing, and celebrating all at the same time."
-Heather McNamara for IndieReader

"...one of the many ways the Countway Library of Medicine is able to maintain such a rich and comprehensive collection of materials to assist us in supporting the students, faculty, and staff that use this library for their learning and research needs."
-Leonard L. Levin, MS LIS, MA, AHIP
Associate Director of Research, Instruction, and Collection Resources
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Harvard University

"Tracie is a hero. May many people learn from her experience."
-Dr. med. Dipl. Psych. Alex Gillor

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1537201298
• ISBN 13: 9781537201290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 357