HOPE THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE
Life and Marriage in the Face of a Brain Tumor
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About the Book
ABOUT THE BOOK Our lives, after the diagnosis and subsequent treatment, of my husband for a brain tumor, clearly have taken a path less traveled. Yet our journey has and continues to be, a journey of hope, of joy and of unyielding commitment. We invite you into our lives, a view of our childhood, marriage, a marriage separate from convention, yet strongly bound. Join us as we recall the last twenty-five years — twenty of which have been spent LIVING with a brain tumor. Come, witness our challenges and discover our triumphs as we reinvent our relationship, struggle to redefine marriage roles, communication styles, and reclaim intimacy after illness. "Patti Gauvin is a brave and caring soul."~Bernie Siegel, MD
About the Author
Patricia Meserve Gauvin has a background in nursing with various jobs all enabling her to be her husband Ron’s advocate, caregiver, rehabilitation nurse and home health care clinician during his past 20 year triumph with a brain tumor. Patti wrote her husband’s autobiography and developed a model for living through adversity for her master’s thesis at Antioch New England. She facilitated a brain tumor support group for several years, culminating in leading a panel discussion for long term survivors at the Brain Tumor Society national symposium. This memoir shows Patti’s unique perspective and commitment as a wife.