Hope, Faith and Charlie by Deirdre Carey Review

Since I started Sage and Savvy, I’ve been fortunate to work with some wonderful people from many different companies and public relations firms. One person that I’ve been working with is Deirdre Carey. She had emailed me about a possible book review opportunity on a memoir. Her memoir--Hope, Faith and Charlie: An inspirational journey of a child's courageous battle with cancer, his family's fight to save his life, and the blessings that happened along the way (ARV $21.95, AuthorHouse), and after reading the synopsis, I was already in tears.

John & Deirdre Capodanno had been married for five years and were the doting parents of two beautiful, happy and healthy sons, Jay, age two, and Charlie, who was just shy of six-months old. Life was good: they had a strong marriage, solid careers, a comfortable home, and a beautiful little family created out of love. Then the sky fell in. In an instant, their life together was turned upside down with the discovery that Charlie had a massive brain tumor. Further diagnosis would uncover a rare form of brain and spine cancer that would more than likely take his precious life far too soon. This inspiring story of love, devotion, perseverance and survival takes you on the emotional roller coaster ride the Capodanno family endured as they valiantly fought to save their child’s life. It’s about how one child defied incredible odds and the invaluable life lessons learned through this life-changing experience. It will renew your faith as you witness a true miracle unfold.

Hope, Faith and Charlie was a very detailed book of a Carey’s account of her family’s arduous journey as they dealt with her son’s cancer.

I admit that it was a difficult read emotionally because I am a mom of two young boys myself, and just picturing what she had to go through made my heart ache for her and her family.

She details the moment they got word of Charlie’s cancer, the hospital stays and treatments, the people that they dealt with during this most stressful time in their lives, the emotions that took their toll on the family, the countless medical tests, the fears, the worries…

The book stirred up many emotions—I felt Carey’s anger, her pain, and her worry, as well as her elation once Charlie was officially off chemotherapy treatments.

I also was simply amazed at her strength, and how little Charlie himself was such a strong little boy throughout this entire ordeal.

Whether or not you know someone whose life has been affected by cancer, and even whether or not you have children, reading this book will undoubtedly bring tears to your eyes.

Hope, Faith and Charlie is a book about a little boy that has overcome some of the biggest obstacles that most people will never have to encounter.

It’s simply a story about a little boy that will give you a lot of hope and faith about life.

Shop: You can purchase Hope, Faith and Charlie on the AuthorHouse website, or at various other retailers online and nationwide. Note: 10% of all earnings from this book will be donated to the Floating Hospital for Children’s Cancer Center in Boston.

Thank you to AuthorHouse for the review product.

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Gem is a Hawaii Mom Blogger who posts reviews and giveaways, and blogs about life in Hawaii as a mom of 3 boys, including one with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. She loves to travel, bake, and eat anything with chocolate.