A Lifetime in Eleven Days: A Memoir

by Donna KBerger Brau

Overview

A Lifetime in Eleven Days shares an emotional and reflective journal of a daughter's life in the intensive care unit of a Texas hospital following her mother's emergency surgery - eleven days filled with anxiety, questions and decisions, denial and acceptance, grief and love.

The surgery went well and the updates via phone of her mother's prognosis brought hope, until the following day, when an unexpected downturn in her condition dramatically changed lives. This is a story of the difficult decisions that needed to be made and the ways that impending death can evoke lifelong memories and rekindle lost love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798855627381
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/22/2023
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	382,212
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Donna KBerger Brau has spent her life seeking a career in the arts with creative writing always in the background. Forty-five years of her professional work days were spent as a florist, department store display coordinator, owning her own retail business, an early childhood music education specialist and early childhood education and care teacher, retiring as an administrator. She also was a part-time professional vocalist for 25 years. In retirement, she dove into more creative outlets including felting and throwing pottery, still singing with a local chorale, still writing.

Editorial Reviews

Donna's short and richly written memoir brings one closer to their reflections on grief, love, and the relationships that define and shape us. This memoir was touching to read and left me considering my own life—how I cherish relationships and how the deaths of those closest to me will later shape me. I highly recommend her book!

Goodreads - M Tengwall

Donna's writing is eloquent, tugs on the heart strings, and makes you reflect on how you show up in relationship with others. This was a fantastic read and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a memoir that makes you think and reflect on your own life.

Goodreads - E Vik