Holding Silvan: A Brief Life

In the opening of "Holding Silvan: A Brief Life, " Monica Wesolowska gives birth to her first child, a healthy-seeming boy who is taken from her arms for "observation" when he won't stop crying. Within days, Monica and her husband have been given the grimmest of prognoses for Silvan, and they must make a choice about his life. The story that follows is not a story of typical maternal heroism. There is no medical miracle here. Instead, we find the strangest of hopes. Certain of her choice, Monica must still ask herself at every step if she is loving Silvan as well as a mother can. The result is a page-turning testimony to the power of love. By raising ethical questions about how a death can be good in the age of modern medicine, Holding Silvan becomes a joyous paean to what makes life itself good. Whether you have suffered profound loss or not, this book will change your life.


Author: Monica Wesolowska
Publisher: Hawthorne Books
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780986000713
ISBN10: 098600071X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
Monica Wesolowska has published both fiction and memoir in numerous literary journals and anthologies including "Best New American Voices 2000, The Carolina Quarterly, Quarter After Eight, Literary Mama, " and the "New York Times" bestseller "My Little Red Book."