So Excited!!!

We are close to the launch of our book.

Here is a sneak preview of the front cover!



Follow our book page on Facebook to make sure you don't miss any news or updates! I cannot tell you how excited I am!
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Our book is 300+ pages, with 19 chapters, and lots of stories - mine and those of many other parents interviewed raising children with rare chromosome disorders. I am very proud of what we have done.
I would also like to share that Dr. Beverly Searle, of Unique, the Rare Chromosome & Single Gene Disorder Support group, has provided the foreword. I am so honoured to have her voice included.
My personal hero since Maia was born, Dr. Beverly Emanuel, has offered a kind recommendation and I have placed it on the back cover.
To my knowledge, there are no other books on the market that include all of the topics we cover in one stand-alone book - not only do we have an amazing chapter on understanding chromosomes by Dr. Melissa Carter from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa (she contributes throughout the book on medical and developmental considerations), but we also talk about very difficult things, including reproductive issues for carriers of chromosome difference like myself.

Information on how to purchase will be posted soon!

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