Forever Baby: Jenny’s Story - A Mother’s Diary

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Death/Grief/Bereavement, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, Health & Well Being, Health
Cover of the book Forever Baby: Jenny’s Story - A Mother’s Diary by Mary Burbidge, HarperCollins Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mary Burbidge ISBN: 9780007549115
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication: May 21, 2015
Imprint: HarperTrue Language: English
Author: Mary Burbidge
ISBN: 9780007549115
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication: May 21, 2015
Imprint: HarperTrue
Language: English

“I have a darling baby. A patient placid baby who nuzzles warmly into her sheepskin and gives me a sleepy smile when I come in. She sits up, bounces happily and reaches out for a cuddle …” “I’ve had my darling baby for nearly twenty years now and unless something happens, I guess I’ll have her for another twenty years.” Praise for Forever Baby – “Mary’s writing has the quality of being both a participant and an observer. As a participant in a life and death voyage, she writes with emotional force. As an observer, there are some great passages of acute observation and stark – sometimes black – humour. “But the dominant emotion is love: love given by Mary and the Burbidge Family to their daughter Jenny; love given by Jenny to Mary and family. A special love for a special child, which we are privileged, through this book, to share.” The Hon. Joan Kirner, former Premier of Victoria “Some people just burn with a brighter flame, and Mary Burbidge, doctor, mother and fierce diarist, is one of them. When Mary gave birth over twenty years ago to a disabled baby girl, she began writing from the heart to make sense and meaning of her life. “I have quoted Mary’s experience in one of my own books, but I could never have suspected the dramatic turn of events that would conclude this story. The gritty, heart-bursting world of parenting is captured in a way that I have rarely met elsewhere, but the drama, transcendence and tragedy of raising a child with a disability takes this to a deeper plane still. “Jenny’s story and Mary’s telling of it, will grip the reader and change how they see the world around them for a very long time.” Steve Biddulph, psychologist and author

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

“I have a darling baby. A patient placid baby who nuzzles warmly into her sheepskin and gives me a sleepy smile when I come in. She sits up, bounces happily and reaches out for a cuddle …” “I’ve had my darling baby for nearly twenty years now and unless something happens, I guess I’ll have her for another twenty years.” Praise for Forever Baby – “Mary’s writing has the quality of being both a participant and an observer. As a participant in a life and death voyage, she writes with emotional force. As an observer, there are some great passages of acute observation and stark – sometimes black – humour. “But the dominant emotion is love: love given by Mary and the Burbidge Family to their daughter Jenny; love given by Jenny to Mary and family. A special love for a special child, which we are privileged, through this book, to share.” The Hon. Joan Kirner, former Premier of Victoria “Some people just burn with a brighter flame, and Mary Burbidge, doctor, mother and fierce diarist, is one of them. When Mary gave birth over twenty years ago to a disabled baby girl, she began writing from the heart to make sense and meaning of her life. “I have quoted Mary’s experience in one of my own books, but I could never have suspected the dramatic turn of events that would conclude this story. The gritty, heart-bursting world of parenting is captured in a way that I have rarely met elsewhere, but the drama, transcendence and tragedy of raising a child with a disability takes this to a deeper plane still. “Jenny’s story and Mary’s telling of it, will grip the reader and change how they see the world around them for a very long time.” Steve Biddulph, psychologist and author

More books from HarperCollins Publishers

Cover of the book What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Five Unforgivable Things by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Easy Learning Grammar and Punctuation (Collins Easy Learning English) by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book The Teacher by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Her Best Laid Plans by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Berlin Game by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book The Evolution of Inanimate Objects: The Life and Collected Works of Thomas Darwin (1857-1879) by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book The Home by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book An Irresponsible Age by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Come Undone (Rock Hard, Book 1) by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book The Secrets of Ivy Garden by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Perfect Dark (A DI Callanach Thriller, Book 6) by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book The Indoor Artist by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book The Sugar Girls – Ethel’s Story: Tales of Hardship, Love and Happiness in Tate & Lyle’s East End by Mary Burbidge
Cover of the book Becky Bananas: This Is Your Life by Mary Burbidge
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy