Jantsen's Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue, and Grace
Publishing Details
Jantsen's Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue, and Grace
By (Author) Pam Cope
By (author) Aimee Molloy
Little, Brown & Company
Grand Central Publishing
27th September 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
362.7092
Physical Properties
320
Width 136mm, Height 205mm, Spine 23mm
300g
Description
Nine years ago, Pam Cope owned a hair salon in a tiny town in Missouri. Her life revolved around her son's baseball games, her daughter's dance lessons and trips to Disney World. She had never been out of the country, nor had she any desire to travel far from home. Then in 1999, her life changed forever when her 15-year-old son died unexpectedly. Needing to get far away from everything that reminded her of her loss, she accepted a friend's invitation to Vietnam and, from the moment she stepped off the plane, everything she had been feeling began to shift. By the time she got home she had a new mission: to use her pain to change the world, one child at a time. Today, she is the mother of two adopted Vietnamese children but more than that, she and her husband have created a foundation called 'Touch A Life', dedicated to helping desperate children in countries as far-flung as Vietnam, Cambodia Ghana. Her story is on one level a moving, personal account of loss and recovery, but on a deeper level, it offers inspiration to anyone who has ever suffered great personal tragedy or those of us who dream about making a difference in the world.
Reviews
"A profound reminder of what a difference one person can make in the world."--Washington Post
"The author's charitable, compassionate nature saturates the narrative, giving it a smooth, unrushed flow...a skillfully written account of life after grief."--Kirkus
"This is a wonderful story of a woman whose personal tragedy gave birth to a gift and how she fulfilled that legacy to make the world a better place."--Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
In 2000, Pam Cope founded Touch A Life Foundation by establishing a shelter in Saigon for homeless children. Touch A Life now supports 224 children in Vietnam and helps fund the Place of Rescue in Cambodia, a safe haven for famillies who have been stricken with the AIDS virus. She's now raising funds for a centre in northern Ghana for victims of slavery.
