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I loved your book Amy.
“Breathing Deep” is a remarkably well written book that gives insight to a disrupted life of a cancer patient and her family.
The voices of the family express the deep pain, frustration, fear, and destruction that cancer brings with it. The children experience the absense of mom, and Moti, Karen, and Ruth all battle with the fear of Amy maybe not surviving the disease.
Amy’s narrative about the painful and tiring treatment program, and her ongoing struggle to defeat the cancer, is written with painful truth, but yet with such humor and wit that one can only admire her powerful determination to regain her health, and to become released from hospital.She is so brave and strong. The defeat of the cancer, and her return to her beloved family offer great hope and inspiration to the reader, and to people suffering from this terrible disease. Courage, hope, and belief can move mountains.
Amy, we love you, and you are a true inspiration to all of us. I wish you all the best, and I hope that “Breathing Deep” will bring you success both as a book, and as a fundraising event.
As you told me, cherish the moment, because this is all that matters….
Love Lonnie.

I finished your book last night, laughing and crying along. Now Yaron is reading it - the first English book since his school days, I suppose. You write so well it’s easy to become totally immersed. No way to put the book down. We remember the time very well, Yaron had some conversations with Moti he remembers, and I adore your mother…

Amy,
Last night at 23:00 I sat down to start reading “Breathing Deep”. At 00:45 I finished reading the whole book in one sitting. I cried and laughed, cried some more, and sighed deep sighs of understanding and empathy.
I’ll never forget Karen at one of our book club meetings standing up and saying (shouting) “My beautiful 37 year old sister has Lymphoma!” I received regular updates from Elizabeth, so although we’ve never met, and specially after reading your book, I feel like we’re friends. Thank you for allowing me into your life. The book was written with deep insight and very candidly. I could identify with so much of your spiritual enlightenment, having been in a different yet similar place myself. We do grow from tragedy and hardship. May you be strong and healthy, in body and spirit. You are an amazing person, with such goodness in you that you are sharing with so many.
With lots of love, Lauren

Dear Amy,

Finally I came around to read your book too… I could hardly put it out of my hands- at some points laughing at some points almost crying. Thanks a lot for sharing your story with us! I wish you and your family all the best for the future!
Love, Rahel