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[Tracie Frank Mayer] ↠ Incompatible with Nature: A Mother's Story ↠ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Incompatible with Nature: A Mother's Story He turned and looked up at me, tears brimmed his eyes. He winced before he spoke and when he finally did, his voice sounded as if it belonged to someone else.“Something’s wrong,” he whispered.In the summer of 1984, Tracie Frank Mayer, a young black American woman, uproots herself from family, friends and life as she knows it when she marries a German man and moves to his country.Though not understanding the language is unsettling enough, twelve days after her anxiously awaited
| Title | : | Incompatible with Nature: A Mother's Story |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (673 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1537201298 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-15 |
| Language | : | English |
He turned and looked up at me, tears brimmed his eyes. He winced before he spoke and when he finally did, his voice sounded as if it belonged to someone else.“Something’s wrong,” he whispered.In the summer of 1984, Tracie Frank Mayer, a young black American woman, uproots herself from family, friends and life as she knows it when she marries a German man and moves to his country.Though not understanding the language is unsettling enough, twelve days after her anxiously awaited child’s birth, her psychological balance tumbles fully into despair:“There is no surgery to save him,” the doctors explain to her husband in German. Tracie’s enthralling memoir is a remarkable tale of rebellion and resilience; an inspirational story of one woman’s fight for her child’s life and a testimony to the perseverance of the human spirit.It will indeed give hope and encouragement to anyone facing any battle not of his or her own choosing.. “Let your baby die,” they say to her in broken English.Their son, Marc is born with Heterotaxy Syndrome; essentially a two chambered heart rather than four, an extremely rare and fatal condition.Battling her husband, the doctors who don’t believe Marc can survive, his innumerable infections as well as her own fears, she does her level best to hold on in
. Assistenzhunde (VITA Assistant Dogs Organization). Residing in Cologne, Germany since 1984, Tracie has worked as a writer, blogger, lyricist, public speaker, and real estate investor. Among her many pursuits, Tracie supports various charitable organizations, including die Elterninitiative Herzkranker Kinder, Köln e.V. Together with her sister Dana, who resides in Seattle, Washington, Tracie writes an upbeat blog—Menopausebarbees—about the meaning, madness, and magic of middle age. In June, 2016, Tracie served as a juror at the 2016 Miss Giessen/Miss Germa
"The storytelling is wonderful, weaving in Tracie's childhood with her journey to" according to A. Lytle. Having a son with a congenital heart defect, I thought the book would be full of medical references etc. Refreshingly not at all! This is a book about a mother's will to save her son. The storytelling is wonderful, weaving in Tracie's childhood with her journey to save her new baby. It flows and captivates so well. My favorite part.the wonderful photos of the family at the end of the book. Bravo!!. A beautiful, touching and inspirational story of a mother's love Patti Schnebly A beautiful, touching and inspirational story of a mother's love and determination to save her son's life after getting no hope or promise for his survival. A great read for any mother or person that is going through a challenging or "hopeless" situation. It's a testament that with the power of love, hope, faith and perseverance, miracles CAN and DO happen! Definitely recommend.. Unbreakable Heart Robin Meloy Goldsby Tracie Frank Mayer turns in a riveting, inspirational, and heartwarming memoir about a mother's courage and belief in her baby's ability to pull through a harrowing illness. The title, "Incompatible with Nature" is a direct quote of what an insensitive doctor told Tracie—that her child was "born incompatible with nature" and would never survive.This book presents tidbits of wisdom about many things: how to survive a medical scare in a foreign country; how to deal with doctors who look at statistics instead of individuals; how to hold a family together when a ch
Assistenzhunde (VITA Assistant Dogs Organization). Tracie was born in Seattle, Washington, to a beauty queen and a gifted entrepreneurial father, who courted her mother with a winning smile and the flash of a canary yellow Cadillac. Residing in Cologne, Germany since 1984, Tracie has worked as a writer, blogger, lyricist, public speaker, and real estate investor. (Parents Initiative for Children with Heart Disease of Cologne), the Ronald McDonald House in Cologne, Är
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