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    Living the Moment: A True Story
    Living the Moment: A True Story
    Living the Moment: A True Story
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    Living the Moment: A True Story

    By Léonie Edwards

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    This is the true story of the life-changing experience of a healthy man,
    who at the age of thirty-six, was diagnosed with the most aggressive
    type of malignant brain tumour. The world he knew became a battlefield
    of the mind and body alike. Having been given a few months to live, he
    endured the disturbing challenges of a state hospital, defying all odds
    with his uncomplaining attitude and positivity. The book emphasises
    his perseverance through seemingly impossible situations. Despite his
    deteriorating vision and unremitting headaches, Craigs humour and
    easy-going manner carried him through three years more than his life
    expectancy. From the time of diagnosis, he began to live the moment,
    striving to overcome his affliction.

    Written by his mother, the story highlights her own sentiments, as she
    relates her long walk with her son and how she and her husband nursed
    him through the final months of his life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateApr 24, 2013
    ISBN9781481786836
    Living the Moment: A True Story
    Author

    Léonie Edwards

    Léonie Edwards was born in Johannesburg in 1943 and raised in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). A passionate writer, she has spent many years writing poetry, children’s stories, fiction and testimonies. Her compassion for the broken-hearted motivated her to share the moving story of her adult son’s struggle with brain cancer in this, her first published book. With profound faith in God, she tells of the hopes, fears and frustrations the family faced, whilst intimate moments with her son are captured in unlikely situations. Léonie’s uncomplicated writing style invites readers into the core of her emotions, and allows them to walk alongside her son on this difficult road. She is hopeful that in so doing, those who are experiencing similar ordeals will be encouraged, and ultimately be able, as she was, to find the peace that dwells within the pain. Léonie lives with her husband Ian, in Benoni, South Africa.

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