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'A triumphant story of hope and survival
'I am dying. I know that I'm dying, despite not having been told by my doctors that I am dying. I know I am dying because I'm in the dying room.
'Carly-Jay Metcalfe was born with cystic fibrosis, survived a double-lung transplant at the age of twenty-one and faced a rare cancer at the age of thirty. What she has endured should have killed her, but her humour, courage and optimism became her best survival skills.
'From her hospitalised childhood to her many friendships, loves and losses, Carly-Jay shares the fickle nature of life with candour and warmth. She writes with compelling insight about organ donation, opioid addiction and survivor's guilt, while still managing to find joy amongst the wreckage.
'Breath is a stunningly frank and darkly funny memoir about living, dying and trying to breathe.' (Publication summary)
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Carly-Jay Metcalfe Breath
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11 March 2024;
— Review of Breath : A Triumphant Story of Hope and Survival 2024 single work autobiography'The most surprising – and refreshing – thing about Carly-Jay Metcalfe’s memoir is how raunchy and raucous it is, especially for a book about lifelong illness. In Breath, Metcalfe discusses her cystic fibrosis and the complexities of survival.' (Introduction)
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Carly-Jay Metcalfe Breath
2024
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 11 March 2024;
— Review of Breath : A Triumphant Story of Hope and Survival 2024 single work autobiography'The most surprising – and refreshing – thing about Carly-Jay Metcalfe’s memoir is how raunchy and raucous it is, especially for a book about lifelong illness. In Breath, Metcalfe discusses her cystic fibrosis and the complexities of survival.' (Introduction)