{"product_id":"breathing-for-a-living-a-memoir-9781401300593","title":"Breathing for a Living: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA moving account by an extraordinary young woman who mounts a daily struggle with cystic fibrosis in an effort to lead an ordinary life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Twenty-one-year-old Laura Rothenberg has always tried to live a normal life--even with lungs that betray her, and a sober awareness that she may not live to see her next birthday. Like most people born with cystic fibrosis, the chronic disease that affects lungs and other organs, Rothenberg struggles to come to grips with a life that has already been compromised in many ways. Sometimes healthy and able to go to school, other times hospitalized for months on end, Rothenberg finds solace in keeping a diary. In her writing, she can be open, honest, and irreverent, like the young person she is. Yet mixed in with this voice is an incredible maturity about her mortality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The memoir opens with Rothenberg's decision to accept a lung transplant. From the waiting--and all it implies to the surgery, recovery, and her new life, Rothenberg muses on mortality in journal entries and poetry. Through it all, she reveals a will and temperament that is strong and wise despite her years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Laura Rothenberg's story, recorded and shared on NPR's \u003ci\u003eRadio Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the prestigious Third Coast Audio Festival Award, it also received an unprecedented listener response and generated more e-mail than any other story the producers could recall. Rothenberg's story was also featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hyperion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781401300593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.78w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2003 pg. 738\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/2003 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2003 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Rothenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41481133523125,"sku":"9781401300593","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ff2bad5a-9ff0-48f7-93fd-4e8e375e13b1.jpg?v=1640728554","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/breathing-for-a-living-a-memoir-9781401300593","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}