Sunlight on the Ocean: A Mother's Memoir of Love and Loss, Heartbreak and Hope

Sunlight on the Ocean: A Mother's Memoir of Love and Loss, Heartbreak and Hope

Name: Sunlight on the Ocean: A Mother's Memoir of Love and Loss, Heartbreak and Hope
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ISBN: 9780645922103

Rhyl Venning

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22 October 2023

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"Your baby has cystic fibrosis. There's no cure. She might live to thirty."

What do you do when your world falls apart? When it's out of your control? When the future holds the threat of every parent's worst nightmare?

Rhyl Venning wrestled with these questions soon after the birth of her "miracle" daughter Kari-Lee, born following years of infertility and medical intervention.

Yet, rather than living a sad and sheltered existence, Kari-Lee bravely chose to live an amazing and vibrant life. With her happy heart, adventurous spirit and positive attitude, she spread joy wherever she went, visiting 38 countries after finishing high school.

When her health suddenly plummeted, Kari fought courageously with everything she had, but tragically Rhyl's nightmare became reality.

Why did this happen? How could Rhyl survive the loss of her precious daughter? Would life ever feel worth living again?

"Rhyl describes with brutal honesty a journey through the depths of despair, jubilation, heartbreak, brilliant love, and the emergence of hope and light. This memoir is a gift for those seeking solace." Leigh Donovan, Former Head of Bereavement Services at Queensland Children's Hospital

"Rhyl honestly addresses the struggles, intense emotions, and unanswerable questions ... Rhyl will be a warm and understanding companion on your own journey through suffering." Jill Sullivan, Executive Director of While We're Waiting

"If you are looking for truth, encouragement and hope for this journey, read this book! I can't recommend it highly enough." Melanie De Simone, Author of the blog thelifeididntchoose.com

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Koorong Code 658377

ISBN 9780645922103

Pages 334

Publisher Rhyl Venning

Publication Date 22 October 2023

Dimensions 19 x 152 x 229mm

Weight 0.49kg

Product Category Biography

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Sunlight on the Ocean.
My husband and I have just finished reading “Sunlight on the Ocean”, a mothers memoir of love and loss, heartbreak and hope, written by Rhyl Venning. My hubby read it first, so when I saw him on the couch weeping his way through the pages, I knew it was going to be a hard read. And it was. Knowing it was a story about a mothers grief following the death of her daughter from a 25 year life of living with cystic fibrosis, it was always going to be a gut- wrenching, honest, vulnerable, tough read.
But in this memoir, Rhyl, literally brought her daughter Kari to life, I could see her dancing through the pages of this memoir in her irrepressible quest for living life to the full. Kari’s relationships with her family friends, carers and acquaintance’s shone through, as did her incredible bravery, the way she never let CF define her life. Rhyl conveyed Kari’s love of her family and the special sister bond that she and Tiana shared, all captured beautifully on the pages.
Rhyl writing style is exceptional and she has certainly managed to draw us, her readers, along with her on the depths and incredible love she has for Kari and her unimaginable, devastating painful grief journey.
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