{"product_id":"9780986000713","title":"Holding Silvan","description":"By: Monica Wesolowska     \u003chr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOR READERS OF \u003ci\u003eONCE MORE WE SAW STARS\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eWHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her newborn son is given days to live, a mother's impossible choice becomes a searing meditation on what makes both death good and life worth living\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the opening of \u003ci\u003eHolding Silvan: A Brief Life,\u003c\/i\u003e Monica Wesolowska gives birth to her first child, a healthy-seeming boy who is taken from her arms for “observation” when he won't stop crying. Within days, Monica and her husband have been given the grimmest of prognoses for Silvan, and they must make a choice about his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story that follows is not a story of typical maternal heroism. There is no medical miracle here. Instead, we find the strangest of hopes. Certain of her choice, Monica must still ask herself at every step if she is loving Silvan as well as a mother can. The result is a page-turning testimony to the power of love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy raising ethical questions about how a death can be good in the age of modern medicine,\u003ci\u003e Holding Silvan\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a joyous paean to what makes life itself good. Whether you have suffered profound loss or not, this book will change your life.","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49019834826979,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780986000713","price":109.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780986000713.jpg?v=1779884106","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/zh\/products\/9780986000713","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}