{"product_id":"sun-shine-down-a-memoir-9780989854207","title":"Sun Shine Down: A Memoir","description":"\"Lifting my hand, I placed it on my breastbone and slid it towards my navel. My mid-section felt numb. Pushing down, it was as if I tapped another person's toneless stomach. White gauze held my empty abdomen tight. I had been eight months pregnant.\" *** What if? What if you dreamed of having a beautiful child and in your mind you saw the life you'd share with that child. First steps, little league (or ballet). Maybe the child would play piano or make you proud on the Honor Roll. There'd be eventual graduations, college, even marriage and grandchildren. You might dream it out that far. Or not. Every parent has hopes. No parents wish for pain-their own, or a child's. Then you had a premature delivery in a foreign country. And the words swirling around you said a different kind of \"what if.\" What if something was wrong? The dream was at risk-or so it seemed. Would you be ready for that? Could you make peace? Or would it take you down? These are the questions author Gillian Marchenko faced as she woke up after an emergency C-section in Ukraine. Only her newborn child could answer them, in time. But first she had to find a way to hear more than the words \"Down syndrome.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gillian Marchenko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T S Poetry Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780989854207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGillian Marchenko is a writer and national speaker who lives in Chicago with her husband Sergei and four daughters. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eChicago Parent, Thriving Family, Gifted for Leadership, Literary Mama, Today's Christian Woman, MomSense Magazine, Charlottesville Family, EFCA Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTri-City Record.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the Vice President of GiGi's Playhouse Chicago, a Down syndrome Achievement Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"T S Poetry Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40515271295091,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_facb81ce-2606-4778-b814-6b3f8f960240.jpg?v=1665756029","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/sun-shine-down-a-memoir-9780989854207","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}