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Flying on the Inside

A Memoir of Trauma and Recovery

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Flying on the Inside

By: Rachel Gotto
Narrated by: Rachel Gotto
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The remarkable true story of one woman’s journey back from the brink. Newly widowed and faced with a deadly brain tumour, she was given two years to live. She wanted more...

When her six-year-old daughter found her collapsed on the kitchen floor, Rachel had no idea how much her life was about to change.

A brain scan revealed a dark shadowy mass, a huge abnormal growth of tissue that, whilst benign, was still growing and would surely kill her. It was too big to operate on. It needed to be "managed", and Rachel had, at best, two years to live.

Refusing to accept the bleak prognosis, Rachel was determined to stay alive. She had already lost far too much. She had already watched her brother succumb, at only twenty-eight, to cancer. She had already lost her beloved husband in a terrible scuba diving accident when she was six months pregnant. So she did the only thing she knew how to do. She fought for her life.

This gripping and inspiring memoir about overcoming tragedy and trauma charts one tenacious woman’s incredible fight to find light in the darkest of journeys. It is a life-affirming tale of positivity and hope in the face of the most difficult of human experiences.

©2021 by Rachel Gotto (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Medical Motherhood Parenting & Families Professionals & Academics Relationships Women Memoir Recovery Memoirs
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fabulous read, I truly felt her pain. she is an amazing lady. I'm glad she shared her story. I have a friend who had them. not on the same scale but scary.

the courage it has taken her to get through it all

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loved this book. Read it in one day. Beautifully written and narrated. This book shows the power of the human body to heal itself.

Excellent read

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Just how many traumatic events can one person suffer? l loved this book. Beautifully read by the author, it was searingly honest. I could recognise some of the dark thoughts that she had at times, all too well. Ultimately triumphant, I wish her well for the future.

A fascinating account

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This book is lovely and I highly recommend it but the authors pronunciation of the plural form of nouns - “es” is driving me bonkers. She seems to add an “i” sound into these words each time. Her accent is fairly bland so I don’t know where this weird affectation comes from but its incredibly grating. I so wish I’d read this book and not listened to it.

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What an incredible story. This book and it’s author are so inspiring. True determination. Too much sadness for one human to endure and yet the outcome is truly amazing. Inspirational

Inspirational.

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