{"product_id":"a-short-good-life-9781476685571","title":"A Short Good Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   It''s unusual to access a child''s mind during the magic years of childhood. It''s rarer when the child is facing her death. Liza, an ardent child with a deep love of cows and the color purple was diagnosed with leukemia at age four and died two years later in 1996. Liza was an unusually expressive child and her parents, both child psychiatrists, were uniquely oriented to appreciate the richness of a child''s mind. Through writing this book, Liza''s father strove to reveal the inner world of a child''s mind--and a parent''s mind--as few other books can.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   At its center, this is the story of a child''s psyche growing and striving to understand all she could of her experience, and of a small family coping with life''s biggest challenges. It is a story of love''s power to help a family cope and endure despite loss, and to grow, through darkness, back toward a full embrace of life. Through the process, the family emerges transformed, awed by the capacities of this child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Wonderful World of Color \t1\u003cbr\u003ePart I. All the Way to the Deep End\t5\u003cbr\u003e 1 Bone Marrow Biopsy\t6\u003cbr\u003e 2 Day Zero\t11\u003cbr\u003e 3 Induction\t19\u003cbr\u003e 4 A Bumpy Road\t28\u003cbr\u003e 5 Complications\t35\u003cbr\u003e 6 Living with What Do You Call It\t61\u003cbr\u003ePart II. Transplantation: From Hither to Yon\t85\u003cbr\u003e 7 Limbo\t86\u003cbr\u003e 8 Second Year, Second Medical Center\t94\u003cbr\u003e 9 Final Preparations\t102\u003cbr\u003e10 Transplant \t115\u003cbr\u003e11 Home Again, Again\t132\u003cbr\u003e12 Fog\t140\u003cbr\u003e13 GVHD and PUVA\t148\u003cbr\u003e14 New Troubles: Diabetes and Pain\t164\u003cbr\u003ePart III. Heart to Heart\t175\u003cbr\u003e15 Questions\t176\u003cbr\u003e16 Did You Get That?\t186\u003cbr\u003e17 Supports\t193\u003cbr\u003e18 Alert Again\t199\u003cbr\u003e19 Speaking of Death\t211\u003cbr\u003e20 The Happy Sad Birthday\t237\u003cbr\u003e21 The Reader\t245\u003cbr\u003e22 Molly's Birthday\t251\u003cbr\u003e23 Time\t255\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: Through Loss, Deeper Hues\t263\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\t272\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t275","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040494813527,"sku":"9781476685571","price":17.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476685571.jpg?v=1750946926","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-short-good-life-9781476685571","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}