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One morning in August of 2007, Didier Pourquery's daughter, Agatha, only a few days away from her twenty-third birthday, stopped breathing. Seven years after her death, her father tells her story, based on his notes taken during the last three weeks of her life. He shares not only his sadness and loss, but also the joy that characterized his relationship with his daughter. At her birth, Agatha's doctors said the average life expectancy for a child born with cystic fibrosis was twenty-five years. Once he learned his daughter only had a few weeks left to live, Didier Pouquery began writing daily about her last weeks. The notes he took then became the source of this book: a homage that is full of hope and light, even as it boldly highlights deep human frailty and the pain of losing a child. Pourquery alternates between an account of Agatha's physical condition and a letter addressed to her after her death. We get to know her—and her father—through this...

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Author

Pourquery, Didier

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781510734791

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Family & Relationships, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (34 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14