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Beautiful Affliction

Lene Fogelberg

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 4.15 | 678 Users | 134 Reviews

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Title	:	Beautiful Affliction
Author	:	Lene Fogelberg
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	September 15th 2015 by She Writes Press
Categories	:	Medical. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir

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Lene Fogelberg is dying—she is sure of it—but no doctor in Sweden, her home country, believes her. Love stories enfold her, with her husband, her two precious daughters, her enchanting surroundings, but the question she has carried in her heart since childhood—Will I die young?—is threatening all she holds dear, even her sanity. When her young family moves to the US, an answer, a diagnosis, is finally found: she is in the last stages of a fatal congenital heart disease. But is it too late? A young woman risks everything to save her own life in this “unusual, riveting medical drama crafted with deep emotion and exquisite detail” (BookPage).

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Original Title:	Beautiful Affliction
ISBN:	1631529854 (ISBN13: 9781631529856)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) for Autobiography/Memoir III (Personal Struggle/Health Issues) (Gold) (2016), USA Best Book Award Nominee for Autobiography/Memoir (2015), International Book Awards Nominee for Autobiography/Memoirs (Finalist) (2016)

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Ratings: 4.15 From 678 Users | 134 Reviews

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What an incredible book! The poetically described narrative of a Swedish woman with a grossly abnormal heart, who never has her affliction diagnosed in Sweden, but then moves to the United States and learns from a cardiologist at age 31 that she has about 10 percent use of what Woody Allen might describe as her third-favorite organ. This deficiency has caused her to be exhausted her entire life and dismissed by teachers and even her parents as an unusually lazy child, whereas actually she was a

This is a beautiful book. It is well written and heartbreaking and at the same time it is a brilliant reminder about how precious life is. Everyone should read this book.

It is hard to believe that English in not Lene's first language. The story is compelling and the prose is poetic. I thought it fitting to read the story with the din of cicadas humming through my neighborhood. I am glad Lene chose to share her story with the world. Maybe in the sharing, she can can help us all silence the whispering monsters in our lives.

I don't have the words for how much I loved this book. I couldn't put it down, so be careful when you start it. I'm a little sleep deprived, but it was well worth it. It's beautifully written, honest, thought provoking, poetic and expertly woven together. I'm in awe that this is the author's first book. It left me with a heightened sense of appreciation for the beauty in everyday life as well as gratitude for my own struggles. It has increased my desire and ability to truly see those around me,

Fogelberg has crafted a literary and beautifully compelling story about a mysterious 'monster' that is destroying her health and yet defies all medical attempts to find a cause. Once it is cast as a mental issue, no one seems interested in digging any deeper. She knows something is wrong, but no one will believe her. As captivating as this part of the story is, however, it is much more than a medical mystery. It is a heartfelt and touching story about a mother who loves her husband and children

Brilliantly paced, this memoir left me as breathless as if Id read a thriller about a killer circling its victim. The writing has a spare and clear rhythm. It echoes the writers constant struggle to escape the riddle that engulfs her very being from childhood to the young wife and mother she has become. When Lene Fogelberg is a child in Sweden, doctors persuade her family there is nothing wrong with her even as every breath she takes is a struggle. This memoir weaves glimpses of that past into

This. Book.Even long before it existed, I wanted to love it.Several years ago, my mother-in-law (who knows Lenes mother) told me about Lenes move from Sweden to Philadelphia, and how it resulted in her life saving open-heart surgery.Even back then, Lenes story gave me chills.And then several months back, I heard Lene had written a book about her life journey. A fellow writer! A fellow writer, who is also a Swede living abroad!I had to investigate this girl.One visit to her blog later, and I knew