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Everything to Live For

Everything to Live For 1

The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt

by Turia Pitt with Libby Harkness
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/09/2013
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Everything to Live For is the story of one young woman s survival against extraordinary odds, a testament to the human spirit. In September 2011, Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would change her life forever. Trapped by a fire in a gorge in the remote Kimberly region, Turia and five other competitors had nowhere to run. Turia escaped with catastrophic burns to 65 per cent of her body. With too little unburned skin left for skin grafts, Turia was put in an induced coma in the Burns Unit at Sydney s Concord Hospital while her body fought life-threatening infections and her surgeons imported skin from California. She lost the fingers on her right hand and her fingers on her left are partially fused together. She needed a new nose. There have been numerous operation, yet there are many more to come. While the story of Turia s survival involves many people - other race competitors, her rescuers, medical professionals - at its core is the strong will of Turia herself as she continues the long rehabilitation process with the loving support of her partner
ISBN:
9780857980267
9780857980267
Category:
Memoirs
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-09-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
233x154x19mm
Weight:
0.32kg

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Turia Pitt was caught in a fire in the Kimberleys W.A. during an ultramarathon event. This book is about that event and her 'recovery'. She is an amazingly positive person who is determined to live as normally as she can, a great effort given her horrific injuries (very little of her skin is normal, it is either burnt or has been grafted). She has had fingers amputated and much of her face reconstructed. She is a brave young lady who with the love of her family, her amazing boyfriend and closest friends does have everything to live for.

The book is easy to read, there is some report style writing which can be a little mundane, but her story is one of inspiration and bravery. You will finish it with not only admiration for Turia but also for her boyfriend Michael.

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