The Journey of Rebecca Rose

By Stephen Kovach

St Patrick's Day 2002: While millions around the world were celebrating and "wearing the green", Rebecca Rose was struggling just to take a breath. Born unexpectedly early to her American expatriate family in Gloucester England, she was fighting for her life amid the organised chaos of the neonatal intensive care unit. Doctors said that at 26 weeks gestation she had little hope of survival yet she beat all the odds to come home 93 days later. This is her story. This uplifting and inspiring blog turned blook will touch your heart as you follow the daily journal written by the family to share their daughter's fragile life with grandparents, friends and relatives on four continents and ten states. Laugh out loud, shed a few tears and come along as an ordinary family makes an extraordinary journey of hope. See www.rebeccarose.info for more info.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847280358
• ISBN13: 9781847280350
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Touching story of a down-to-earth family

This is a remarkable book. Steve Kovach presents a touching account of his premature daughter's birth and early life. Along the way, he recounts numerous anecdotes of his family's life. Steve has a remarkable attention to detail. Many times throughout the book, I was transported to time and place of the events in a way that seemed like I was an actual participant. There's a particularly poignant story of a simple hike that Steve and his other two children took in the countryside. It was written in a way that made me wish I had shared the day with them. Even months after reading the book, I still recall this detail. Highly recommended.

Personal and in-depth

A very personal look into the day to day life of a family facing potential tragedy and how it affected them all, both alone and as a family unit.

Touching

The book is well written, taking the reader into the heart of this family. Rebecca is a shining star!

"Rebecca" will soften even the hardest of hearts!

The Journey of Rebecca Rose is not only well written, it is an emotional journey. You share so much of the family's lives that you feel that you intimately know them. It is a book that is so beautifully written that you feel your walking right along side the author and feeling all the joy, pain, helplessness and emotion that the family is going through, you will keep turning the pages anxious to find out more and continue with Rebecca's journey in to the world prematurely, you'll find yourself cheering the little mircle of life onward. The chapter of her birth will bring you to tears and the families strength will amaze you. The story has all the elements to keep your heart and mind stimulated and flipping pages, you'll find yourself caring about each and every one of the family members especially Rebecca's Daddy, Steve who's diary of events is full of honest, raw emotion that will leave you rushing to get to the next page. This is a must read for anyone and you'll be pulled in to the book within the first paragraph! This is one book you won't be disappointed in, as it will soften even the hardest of hearts! It's a most memorable book