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Patience

By: Victoria Scott
Narrated by: Bronwen Price, Imogen Comrie
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If you were offered a chance to cure your child's disease, would you take it?

The Willows have been through a lot. Louise has devoted her life to caring for her disabled youngest daughter. Pete works abroad, almost never seeing his loved ones. Their eldest, Eliza, is burdened by all the secrets she's trying to keep from her overloaded family.

Meanwhile, Patience observes the world while trapped in her own body. She laughs; she cries; she has opinions and knows what she wants. But those who love her most - and make every decision about her life - will never know.

Or will they? When the Willows are offered the opportunity for Patience to take part in a new gene therapy trial to cure her Rett syndrome, they face an impossible dilemma. Are the very real risks worth the chance of the reward, no matter how small?
©2021 Victoria Scott (P)2021 W F Howes
Family Life Women's Fiction
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"An extraordinary novel about love and hope and family and what happens in the space between the words. I adored it." (Kirsten Hesketh, author of Another Us)

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So nice to hear her voice

This is a beautiful and heartfelt book that I couldn't put down. As someone who has cared for a person with MND and witnessed their loss of their ability to walk and talk, I could relate to most of the characters. I particularly appreciated that Patience had a voice in the book, making it worth listening to via Audible.

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Couldn’t put it down!

This book was fantastic, although the story focuses around Patience who is yet invisible in many ways; there are so many other little stories along side.. it really makes you think. There are many ways to interpret the stories of the people in the book. A must read!!

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