Book review: The winding road by Miriam Hurdle- A journey of survival
I’m over at Smitha Vishwanath, the blogger, painter, artist, and poet’s blog. She shared a heartwarming review of my memoir. Her review stirred up my emotions about my journey all over again. It brought happy tears into my eyes because I’m alive t share my story with you. Please go over to read her excellent review.
I want to thank Miriam for writing this book which is a real-life account of her battle with cancer in 2008. In the foreword, she says, ” Life is precious and it’s worth fighting for. If I died, my pain went with me, but I would leave pain with my loved ones. My life is worth living.’ This very honest, straight-from-the-heart line, sets the tone of the book and forms the backbone of her fight against cancer. It was this line that made me read on. It reminded me of my very recent brush with the hospital and how I felt when I was wheeled into the operation theatre. I thought, ‘Well if it ends, the pain is gone. But, there’s so much love to live for.‘
Miriam recounts her experience with the dreaded ‘C’- the chance identification of it, the subsequent tests, and adjusting her life so…
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A wonderful review of your book, Miriam. I enjoyed it as well and left a review on Goodreads and Amazon.ca. I hope many people read this book and become inspired. Well done!
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Thank you for your wonderful review of my book, Darlene. I saw your review on Amazon. I’ll go to Goodreads tomorrow and share it on the social media. I appreciate your thoughtful review. It makes feel I made the right decision to share my book with the public rather than just with my family.
My life is a little crazy right now with selling our house. We “emptied” our house for the agents to staged with their furniture and decorations. We had the first open house last Sunday. Then the buyers’ realtors bring their clients to show the house. We had one yesterday and three today. Whenever they come, we pick up and put everything in the garage.
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Selling a house is very stressful. Good luck with the sale. Yes, you were right in sharing your story with the world.
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We don’t know how long this day to day routine will last. We don’t want sell it cheap after investing so much into it either. Thank you for your kind words, Darlene!
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What a heartfelt review. You must be so proud and happy. ❤️
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This review warms my heart, Cindy! 💖
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Happy to hear!! 💞
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Heading over to Smitha’s, Miriam. Can’t wait to check out the review!
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Thank you very much, Diana! Smitha did a great review. I appreciated your visit.
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An excellent review, Miriam. Congratulations. You’re touching hearts everywhere! It must be very gratifying to see such a positive response 🙂
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Thank you so much, Debra! I’m glad to see positive responses. Cancer touches many lives. Many people I know fought hard. I’m blessed to be alive to tell my story. I hope you’re doing well with your new release!
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It’s going great, Miriam. Thank you. Just finished to joint book signings with other crime authors today.
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Good to know. Debra. Hope you’ve sold tons of books. I have a book signing evening in November. I didn’t plan on going, but our moving plan slows down. We may stay longer. I think I’ll go.
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I enjoy your article and I’m glad I came across your site. You may also like my site about plants. 🌱😁
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Thank you very much. I’ll visit your blog a little later.
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Those five words–“My life is worth living.”–so much packed into that short phrase, Miriam.
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You’re exactly right, Jacqui! I see so much worth in my with my daughter’s family in it.
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Smitha did a great job. I hope the book is doing well, Miriam. I am glad to have read it.
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Smitha did a fantastic review of my book, Dan. Yes, I got more reviews in the first month than in my other books. Thank you for reading it.
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Fantastic, Miriam – congratulations on such a heartfelt review. Toni x
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Thank you so much for stopping by, Toni. I’m very touched by this heartfelt review.
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Miriam, this is wonderful!! I didn’t know you were and had written a memoir recently. Congratulations.
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Thank you very much, Esther. Yes, I published my memoir last month. Thank you for stopping by. I’m moving to Portland, Oregon, to be close to my daughter and the grandkids.
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Oh my goodness Miriam!! A big transition for you. Congrats on your memoir; I’ll be getting my copy soon. And congrats on your move. 🙂 Wishing you a healthy and smooth transition…quite a big move.
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On my way to read the rest!
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Thank you, Liz!
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You’re welcome, Miriam!
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