Book Giveaway: Sixtyfive Roses
March 1, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a fatal genetic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system. Today, the predicted age of survival for someone with CF is more than 37 years.
According to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, about one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has CF. In the US, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation believes there are about 1,000 new cases of CF each year, with 30,000 children and adults in the US affected. Worldwide, that number rises to 70,000.
Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir by Heather Summerhayes Cariou tells the story of a family dealing with CF. At six years old, Heather promises her younger sister Pam, diagnosed with CF and given two months to live, that she’ll die with her. Yet, something very different happens in this moving story of two sisters dealing with what Pam called “Sixtyfive Roses.”
At sixtyfiverosesthebook.com, you can read reviews, as well as learn more about the author.
Five percent of proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to Cystic Fibrosis foundations in
Canada and the US.
If you’d like to enter to win the copy of Sixtyfive Roses: A Sister’s Memoir being given away at Lively Women, please leave a comment on this post before midnight CST on Thursday, March 12, 2009 (Updated expiration date is Monday, March 9, 2009). Since this book is about two sisters, it would be lovely if you’d share a special memory you have with your sister. If you don’t have a sis, please share why you’d like to win this book.
The giveaway is open to residents of Canada and the US. The randomly selected winner will have three days to respond to my e-mail requesting a mailing address.
I look forward to reading your comments!
(Image via sixtyfiverosesthebook.com)
This sounds like a wonderful book. This really isn’t a “special” memory but it was the first thing that popped into my head.
My sister and I used to share a room; we both slept in single beds.
I’ll never forget waking up one night feeling like someone was looking at me. I looked over to my sisters bed and she was sitting up staring at me, not moving, not blinking, omgoodness, I tell you I was terrified. lol
After saying “Jane” “Jane” “Jane” and her not moving and still staring at me, I got the nerve up to run out of the room and get my mother. Mom came in and grabbed her by the shoulders and gently shook her and called her name. Jane finally woke up and had no idea what had happened.
Omgosh, I have to go to bed now and that’s all I can think of; it was super freaky lol
Thanks so much!
Looks like a good book.
Sounds wonderful, I have two sisters one here and one in heaven, she passed away almost 3 years ago, very unexpectedly and we where very close so everything with her was a special time she was too young to go but the memories keep me going
I would love to read this.
Thanks so much.
Nice book
I worked with a guy who had CF and it’s a tough disease. Sounds like a great feel good sister book
My sister is also my best friend.
My daughter’s first best friend had CF.
This will be an excellent book to understand better the disability, and will be included in our library at the center for independent living where I work.
I don’t have a sister but I have heard good things about this book and would love to read it.
Sounds like a good book to learn more about this disease
I have 2 younger sisters. My sister Laura and I used to fight like cats and dogs when we were younger. I have the scars to prove it. Now we are really great friends though!
I remember when I was younger reading a book about a little girl with Cystic Fibrosis, it was intresting.
We have the gene in our family. So far we have one child with it. would be great to read
I have nothing but wonderful memories of my sister & I. I would like this book for my very best friend who has twins with cystic fibrosis
I would love to win this because one of my best friends has CF.
i don’t have a sister but the story looks compelling and would be a wonderful read.
This is the type of book I like to read.
I have a sister and we never have been that close. I really dont know why, she has always been the successful one that followed her dreams and I wasnt, even though I am very proud of her but when I graduated college, none of my family was there but my mom and dad. But everyone cam to my sisters graduation. maybe this book will hlep me clarify some of thoes issues.
My big sister is significantly older than me, but I do have a few great memories such as the beach trip we took when I was 13. Way cool for a big sis to do.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Kimspam66(at)yahoo(dot)com
My sister and I have a very complex relationship. When it’s good it’s great. When it’s bad, it’s horrible.
gkstratos@yahoo.com
no sisters, unfortunately, but it sounds like a fscinating and informative story…..
My sister had a traumatic brain injury from an auto accident at 20 years of age. She is now 49 and still has quite a few problems from the injury. So all I can see is we have been through every emotion together from joy and devastation to tears and laughs. We have more memories together than most people could ever imagine.
This sounds like a book that I would enjoy reading. I don’t like the mystery romance novels that are most common. I prefer non-fiction stories about real people and their lives.
I come from a family who live with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) everyday. My mom’s sister passed away in 1981 at the age of 25 from CF. On July 1, 2006 my sister had a baby girl born with CF. My sister is my best friend and my niece means everything to me. I am here to help provide awareness and raise funds to find a cure, to provide my niece with a long-life. I look forward to reading your book, it sounds amazing.
I would love to share this book with my sister, our mom passed away with CF. We will always carry our mother with us, and this seems like a great book for us to bond over!
ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BOOK TO READ
I’m the oldest of 3 girls. The middle sister and I used to pick on the youngest all the time growing up. She had every right to hate us, but instead forgave all our meean antics. We are all the best of friends now!
When my sister was little, she had “the croup” and while Mom steamed her in her crib with a sheet overtop, I used to hold her hand through the bars.
My sister is my best friend.
I don’t have a sister, but as a nurse I’ve worked with people who have cystic fibrosis and think this might give me more insight into what they and their families go through so I can help them better. Maybe I can share the book with one of them after I read it!!!
My sisters are my best friends.
My sister and I wre born 14 months apart. We were best friends and each others anchor in a sea of troubled family problems with our parents and brother. She and I both had breast cancer. She died at the age of 46 almost 7 years ago. I’ve had the disease 3 times and am still here. I think of her every night when I go to bed as our beds were right next to each other and we talked so much growing up. I still talk to her and will miss her until the day I die.
I’d like to win this book because I always wanted to have a sister (had two younger brothers instead) and would like to read about what the experience is like (at least from one person’s perspective!).
Please include me in your giveaway. I would love to read this book, however I have no sisters. I do however have a brother. He was my hero.
Thanks
Debbie
Debdesk9@verizon.net
For my niece Hannah!
My sister and I are best friends. I would love to win this book!
My daughter would enjoy this.
My sister has the kindest heart – she is always there for me … no matter how big or small my problems are.
My sister is my best friend! I would be so lost without her in my life!
I don’t have a sister. I became friends with awoman in grad school, who had CF. She looked like the picture of health. One day without thinking I wore a lot of cheap perfume…not bright. Shirley died a few years after grad school. I would love the opportunity to read the book.
I heard a review of this book on the radio, and it touched my heart.
I have a sister but have never met her
Perhaps someday I will be able to.
Sounds like a wonderful book. A lot like our family. My oldest daughter has MS and her and my youngest daughter are very close, too.
Sounds like a great book. Great contest.
I do not have a sister,always wanted one,do
have four brothers.I would love to read this
book because it sounds like a strong bond
between the sisters and a very warm,compassionate book.Thanks for the chance
I like to win this book because it sounds very interesting!