Magic and Loss - Hardcover

Lampman, Greg Raver

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1571740171 ISBN 13: 9781571740175

Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

Emmy Raver-Lampman, star of the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, was just three years old when her father was diagnosed with a brain tumor that turned out to be malignant. That diagnosis helped shape the her life. Magic and Loss is comprised of letters her father wrote to her soon after his diagnosis. Read the true story of an event that helped make Emmy Raver-Lampman who she is today.

About this title

From Booklist

At age 37, journalist Lampman discovered that he was dying from a brain tumor and began writing these letters to his three-year-old adopted daughter, Emmy. Along with stories of good family times are the details of convulsions, MRIs, surgery, and radiation therapy--"The tumor has been removed, but the doctors fear it will grow back, only time will tell." His references to his wife as "mommy" are natural, considering the letters are addressed to his young daughter, but cloying nonetheless. Perhaps he makes the most definitive statement of his feelings when he writes, "I remember I used to hear a siren, or see an ambulance, and wonder whether there was some story I should chase. Now, I hear a siren and feel a pang of empathy." When his editors encouraged him to publish some of the letters, he was inundated with responses and so this book evolved and has been selected by Reader's Digest for its Christmas-issue condensed book section. Denise Perry Donavin

Edition details

• Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571740171
• ISBN 13: 9781571740175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184