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The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
by Julie Yip-Williams
The Unwinding of the Miracle is a former "Read with Jenna" book that is a memoir of life, death and everything that comes after. In a video interview I watched, author Julie Yip Williams said, "I know this is dark and depressing, but I promised I would be honest with you." And that's why I'm sharing her story here.
Williams is a young wife and mother facing a terminal cancer diagnosis. With a jaw-dropping background facing insurmountable odds, including being born blind in post-War Vietnam to a family that wanted to end her life and an unbelievably tumultuous months-long escape, she had surgery that restored part of her sight and eventually became a Harvard trained lawyer who traveled to all seven continents on her own. It's hard to imagine that a terminal cancer diagnosis followed at the age of thirty-seven.
Seeking clarity, Williams began to write the story of her life. In The Unwinding of the Miracle, she walks the reader through the day to day emotional journey of living and dying with cancer: shock, loneliness, sadness, despair, anger, hope. She's candid and real, and the miracle of her life forever touched my heart.
You can find this book and more on my list of Jenna Bush Hager's book club picks (with personal thoughts and recommendations): https://julesbuono.com/jenna-bush-hagers-book-club-list/
Williams is a young wife and mother facing a terminal cancer diagnosis. With a jaw-dropping background facing insurmountable odds, including being born blind in post-War Vietnam to a family that wanted to end her life and an unbelievably tumultuous months-long escape, she had surgery that restored part of her sight and eventually became a Harvard trained lawyer who traveled to all seven continents on her own. It's hard to imagine that a terminal cancer diagnosis followed at the age of thirty-seven.
Seeking clarity, Williams began to write the story of her life. In The Unwinding of the Miracle, she walks the reader through the day to day emotional journey of living and dying with cancer: shock, loneliness, sadness, despair, anger, hope. She's candid and real, and the miracle of her life forever touched my heart.
You can find this book and more on my list of Jenna Bush Hager's book club picks (with personal thoughts and recommendations): https://julesbuono.com/jenna-bush-hagers-book-club-list/