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Review by Denise M. Clark (310107) Rating (7/10) Review
by Denise M. Clark Told with vivid honesty and clarity, the all too true tale explores the life suffered and experienced through ‘Anton’ and his wife Gabriella – their successes and failures, their joys and abject disappointments. Anton, married for 25 years, begins to suffer panic attacks and physical ailments after he nearly loses his wife to a cerebral aneurysm. At first fearing he’s suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease, Anton is at first relieved to discover that he’s not, and then horrified to learn he’s suffering from yet a different and fatal muscle-wasting disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a new name for what used to be known as Muscular Atrophy, from which he suffered as a teenager. Anton suffers through anger and depression while he relives his past; a past filled with secrets, hatred and shrouded in mystery. He survives the long-buried memories of a past he wished to forget, emerging stronger into a new life, a renewed marriage and as a renewed person.
Author Morales holds back nothing in his saga of self-discovery,
and while the details are at times raw and graphic, this true-life
saga will leave the reader feeling hopeful and strengthened through
Anton’s struggle for acceptance and love. This is a powerful autobiography,
one that should be read more than once to gain every nuance of
the author’s experiences toward personal freedom and acceptance.
Very well done! |
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