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If I Should Lose You
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Natasha Lester (Goodreads Author)
‘Through a cast of memorable characters, If I Should Lose You pitches art against life, and in the process exposes life in all its frailties. Here is a story that resonates long after reading.’ — Andrea Goldsmith
‘I was captivated by this honest, beautiful story that fuses love and art with the most profound challenges of motherhood. Written with extraordinary emotional wis...more
‘I was captivated by this honest, beautiful story that fuses love and art with the most profound challenges of motherhood. Written with extraordinary emotional wis...more
Paperback, First edition, 272 pages
Published
September 1st 2012
by Fremantle Press
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If I Should Lose You is a beautifully written, moving story dealing with the difficult subject of organ donation. Camille is a nurse who helps families of donors through the process, while her own daughter is battling a life threatening illness (requiring a liver transplant).
This is a multi-layered story that also explores the relationship Camillie's parents shared. Although both tragically died young,through the reading of her mother's diaries, Camille comes to learn more about them - yet much...more
This is a multi-layered story that also explores the relationship Camillie's parents shared. Although both tragically died young,through the reading of her mother's diaries, Camille comes to learn more about them - yet much...more
This novel tells the story of Camiile, a transplant coordinator, in the midst of a family crisis. While she wrestles with her daughter's illness and failing marriage, she also begins to organise an art exhibition that forces her to confront the story of her own mother, Alix, a heart surgeon, and Alix's two partners: Camille's father, and her second partner, Jack. These parts of the story are cleverly woven in as a separate thread as Camille prepares 'Notes on an exhibition'.
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This is Natasha Lest...more
Addie is three years old, and desperately needs a new liver. Her mother, Camille, is used to dealing with the relatives of organ donors through her work at the hospital, but this is something altogether different. Caught in the nightmare of a critically ill child, Camille’s emotions begin to splinter, her marriage is tested to the point of fracture, and in her desperation to save Addie she is forced to question where the boundaries of her own morality lie.
One of the only distractions for Camille...more
One of the only distractions for Camille...more
This beautifully written book explores the issues surrounding organ donation from several perspectives: firstly the medical staff whose job is to persuade the families of 'braindead' people to donate their loved one's organs, secondly, those who actually perform the transplants, and finally, the family of a little girl who desperately needs a liver transplant.
The novel took me into a world I've never encountered, and opened my mind to the myriad issues surrounding the entire process of organ don...more
The novel took me into a world I've never encountered, and opened my mind to the myriad issues surrounding the entire process of organ don...more
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So, you know that phrase "Don't judge a book by it's cover"? Well first look at this cover, I thought the book would be a lighthearted story- as someone as mentioned in the previous comments. However this book is far from a lighthearted story, it is a very emotional and heartfelt story, with the reader left pondering after finishing the books. I really liked the book overall,besides from the fact that I felt kind of sad afterwards.
This is the first book I've read by Natasha Lester, and it’s an interesting (if somewhat challenging at times) read.
The book’s tight structure moves between the two story-lines of Camille and her deceased mother, Alex. Camille is a transplant coordinator and mother of two girls. Camille’s deceased mother, Alex was a heart surgeon and artist’s muse to Camille’s father, and her second partner, Jack. At times the structure felt a little forced, however the women’s stories are told with a deft hand,...more
The book’s tight structure moves between the two story-lines of Camille and her deceased mother, Alex. Camille is a transplant coordinator and mother of two girls. Camille’s deceased mother, Alex was a heart surgeon and artist’s muse to Camille’s father, and her second partner, Jack. At times the structure felt a little forced, however the women’s stories are told with a deft hand,...more
Camille is the daughter of one of Australia's first female transplant surgeons and has herself forged a career as a nurse, working with the families of potential organ donors. Besides that, she is the mother of two young girls, one who is in desperate need of a liver transplant.
Poignant and compelling, this book explores an uncomfortable reality of organ donation - when those waiting for an organ essentially have to hope for the death of another so they might live. Beautifully written with lyric...more
Poignant and compelling, this book explores an uncomfortable reality of organ donation - when those waiting for an organ essentially have to hope for the death of another so they might live. Beautifully written with lyric...more
An intricately woven story of two mothers, If I Should Lose You by Natasha Lester is a story that will stay with readers not only because of its wisdom, but because of the questions it raises.
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The rather girly cover is misleading. It isn’t light reading, not the sort of light-hearted book I had in mind when I packed it for my trip. It is a soul-searching and painfully honest book, exploring fundamental issues of love, loss, guilt and medical ethics.
To read the rest of my review, please visit http://anzlitlovers.com/2012/08/28/if...
PS I'm sorry this review isn't more detailed, I was away in Russia at the time of reading it and I didn't have time to write as much as I would have liked.
I won this through Goodreads First Reads.
I’m torn about this one. A very wonderful story, beautifully written and such an interesting look into the world of organ donation. But I hated the main characters by the end (not the author’s fault we differ on opinions obviously) and the ending annoyed me, ever so slightly.
I quite enjoyed it overall, however, and I'd read this author again.
I’m torn about this one. A very wonderful story, beautifully written and such an interesting look into the world of organ donation. But I hated the main characters by the end (not the author’s fault we differ on opinions obviously) and the ending annoyed me, ever so slightly.
I quite enjoyed it overall, however, and I'd read this author again.
A story worth being told and shared, well crafted.
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It took me a while to do something about the dream I’d always had of being a writer. But when I finally quit my job as a Brand Manager for Maybelline Cosmetics and went back to uni to study creative writing, lots of things happened which made me believe I’d taken the right step. The first piece of writing I ever sent off to a journal for publication - a poem - was accepted. It was the best $100 I’...more
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