In the summer of
2001, Lucy Mortzou was a bouncy blonde seven-year-old having fun with her
family and friends at their home on the Greek island of Rhodes. Although her
Kiwi mother Colleen and Greek father had just separated, life was bright for
the little girl.
But by year-end,
Lucy would be hospitalised and starting the fight of her life against an
aggressive and rare cancer.
Throw Me a Smile is the true story of Lucy’s battle to survive, told
in diary entries and personal recollections by the mother who stayed by her
side as they fought this savage disease – navigating life in clinics and
hospitals, enduring difficult treatments, and making and losing friends in the
cancer wards of Athens.
Expatriate Kiwi
author Colleen Morgan grew up in Christchurch, where she worked on the Star newspaper before a love of travel
and adventure drew her overseas.
A journalist and businesswoman, Colleen faced the challenge of cancer
far from home, often alone, but made it through by dogged endurance and love – and
was able to celebrate Lucy’s return to health with a Make a Wish trip back to
see family in New Zealand.
This is a
compelling tale of a family’s life changed forever, which reveals with honesty
and compassion the harsh realities of childhood cancer.
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Royalties from Throw Me a Smile will go to the Elpida children’s cancer charity in Greece
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Flying Kiwi Publishing is a London publisher
managed by New Zealander Martin Moodie
Release Date: 1 April 2015 | ISBN: 978-0-473-29645-2 | RRP $34.99
Paperback, 210 x 148 mm, 240 pages (8 pages of colour)
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