Beautiful Affliction: A Memoir

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2016 IPPY Gold Medal Winner in Autobiography/Memoir
2016 International Book Award Finalist in Autobiography/Memoirs
2015 Best Book Awards Finalist in Autobiography/Memoir

Fogelbergs poetic sensibility shines . . . Vivid, heartfelt, and carefully crafted, this memoir will resonate with readers.Beautiful Afflictionis more than an illness narrative; its meditations on mortality will appeal to all who love the fragile and impermanent. Lucy Bryan,Rain Taxi Review of Books

Fogelberg, a poet, structures her saga well, writing in alternating chapters about growing up with her 'monster,' and arriving in the United States, where her condition is diagnosed and she has corrective open-heart surgery. Beautiful Afflictionis an unusual, riveting medical drama crafted with deep emotion and exquisite detail. Alice Cary, BookPage

In Beautiful Affliction, a gorgeously rendered, poetic memoir/medical mystery, we meet Lene Fogelberg, a wife and mother living a fairy tale existence, except for the fact that she knows she is dying and her doctors dont believe her. Allison Tyler, Off the Shelf

In her breathtaking memoir,Beautiful Affliction, Lene Fogelberg elegantly unites the savagery and raw beauty of the natural world with the wisdom and poignant insight of a young wife and mother. Exquisite imagery and poetic prose pulse through this powerful, emotionally gripping story.With Beautiful Affliction, Lene Fogelberg gives us a gorgeously written story to savor and share. Terri Giuliano Long, USA Todaybest-selling author ofIn Leah's Wake

Gripping, powerful, touching, beautiful.A memoir about a woman who fights to remain alive because of her daughters and her husband. A story everyone can relate to and will want to read to the inspiring end. Mette Ivie Harrison, author of Ironmom andNew York TimesNotable Book,The Bishop's Wife

Brilliantly paced, weaving glimpses of the author's past into an ever-tightening noose that engulfs Lene and her young family in adulthood, this memoir left me as breathless as if I'd read a thriller about an unstoppable killer circling its victim.Beautiful Affliction grips the reader and wont let go until the very last page. Rita M. Gardner, award-winning author of the memoirThe Coconut Latitudes

Beautiful Afflictionis an important and beautiful bookabout the ways in which our health impacts our lives, and the courage, strength, and healing that can result with persistence. A wonderfully honest and sincere memoir. Laura Pritchett, author ofStars Go Blueand winner of the PEN USA Award

Heart-rending and suspense-filled, FogelbergsBeautiful Afflictionis a graceful meditation on love, marriage, motherhood, and the quotidian precious moments that make a life with young children. Fogelbergs miraculous story is a gift to readers, both for its exquisite prose and for its humble reminder: Life is short; love deeply. Laura Nicole Diamond, USA Todaybest-selling author ofShelter Us

Beautiful Afflictionis a deeply moving and important memoir about a young woman fighting for her life. Its a suspenseful page-turner and also the work of a poet. Fogelbergs breathtaking odyssey will remind the reader of the beauty, fragility, and ephemerality of life. I absolutely love this book.It was an inspiration to read, and it will stay with me for a long time. Alice Eve Cohen, award-winning author ofThe Year My Mother Came BackandWhat I Thought I Knew

Author Bio

Lene Fogelberg is the Wall Street Journalbest-selling author of Beautiful Affliction: A Memoirand the newly released YA novelThe Lightning Tree.She loves to explore the world and has lived all over the globein a small Pennsylvania town, as well as in Germany, Malaysia, and Indonesia. She currently resides in her native Sweden with her family. For more information, please visitlenefogelberg.com.