Honey Blood
A memoir
$31.87
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2021
Summary
‘I thought if I was going to die I should write some things down’
Kirsty Everett was going to be an Olympic gymnast. But as she made plans to win gold, life, as it does, laughed at the goal she’d set. Aged nine, she was diagnosed with leukaemia and spent the next two and a half years in treatment and attending the funerals of children she met in the cancer ward. At the age of sixteen, Kirsty’s cancer returned. Faced with a devastating prognosis, she threw herself into as much as she c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460758830 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1460758838 |
| Author: | Kirsty Everett |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 154mm x 235mm |
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Kirsty Everett
Kirsty Everett defied the odds and survived two bouts of cancer, aged nine and sixteen. She completed her HSC as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and Aboriginal Studies. In 2006 Kirsty received an award for Outstanding Voluntary Service from NSW Governor Marie Bashir. She has been a motivational and educational speaker since the age of fourteen. Her public speaking was kickstarted by Professor Darcy O’Gorman Hughes (the founder of the Children’s Cancer Institute of Australia) at UNSW. Kirsty continues to this day to be an Ambassador for Kids Cancer.
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