Saving Each Other
A Mother-Daughter Love Story
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On the surface, Victoria Jackson embodies the American Dream, rising from a troubled childhood and unfinished education to build a cosmetics empire worth over half a billion dollars. Married to Bill Guthy, founder of the infomercial giant Guthy-Renker, her most cherished role is as a mother to three children: Evan, Ali, and Jackson. However, her idyllic life shatters when her daughter Ali begins showing alarming symptoms in 2008, leading to a devastating diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), a rare and incurable autoimmune disease with a grim prognosis of four to six years to live. This book begins as Victoria and Bill confront the reality of Ali's illness, embarking on a mission to save their daughter. They assemble a team of over fifty leading experts in autoimmune diseases, founding the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation. Through alternating perspectives, Victoria and Ali share their distinct journeys of grappling with the uncontrollable nature of NMO, showcasing their resilience and determination to advocate for a cure. With raw emotion, humor, and warmth, their story reveals how the power of love can overcome profound fears while fighting for hope in the face of the incurable.
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Saving Each Other, Victoria Jackson, Ali Guthy
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2012
- Rilegatura
- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- Saving Each Other
- Sottotitolo
- A Mother-Daughter Love Story
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Victoria Jackson, Ali Guthy
- Editore
- Vanguard Press
- Pubblicato
- 2012
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 253
- ISBN10
- 1593157339
- ISBN13
- 9781593157333
- Serie
- Descrizione
- On the surface, Victoria Jackson embodies the American Dream, rising from a troubled childhood and unfinished education to build a cosmetics empire worth over half a billion dollars. Married to Bill Guthy, founder of the infomercial giant Guthy-Renker, her most cherished role is as a mother to three children: Evan, Ali, and Jackson. However, her idyllic life shatters when her daughter Ali begins showing alarming symptoms in 2008, leading to a devastating diagnosis of Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO), a rare and incurable autoimmune disease with a grim prognosis of four to six years to live. This book begins as Victoria and Bill confront the reality of Ali's illness, embarking on a mission to save their daughter. They assemble a team of over fifty leading experts in autoimmune diseases, founding the Guthy-Jackson Charitable Foundation. Through alternating perspectives, Victoria and Ali share their distinct journeys of grappling with the uncontrollable nature of NMO, showcasing their resilience and determination to advocate for a cure. With raw emotion, humor, and warmth, their story reveals how the power of love can overcome profound fears while fighting for hope in the face of the incurable.