Life In A Bloody Cell... Author LM Dougherty Releases A Memoir with inside look at Sickle Cell
This book is an intimate, transparent look into the life of a young African-American female navigating through life with Sickle Cell Anemia who happens to be Dougherty's biological sister.
- St. Louis, MO-IL (1888PressRelease) September 02, 2015 - ST. LOUIS, MO - Author L.M. Dougherty, a Saint Louis native, is releasing her latest gem of literary art entitled My Sickle Shaped Life: Sandy's Memoir.
Although there is more knowledge about Sickle Cell Disease than about any other inherited disease, no cure has yet to be found.
More than 90,000 to 100,000 people have Sickle Cell Disease and more than 5,000 babies are born with Sickle Cell Disease each year.(Source: http://www.sicklecelldisease.org)
1 in 500 African-Americans has Sickle Cell Disease. 1 in 36,000 Hispanic Americans has Sickle Cell Disease. (Source: http://www.netwellness.org)
Sandy represented the 1 in 500 African Americans diagnosed with SCD. My Sickle Shaped Life shares her story from childhood to womanhood. This book is over 90 pages of pain, suspense, humor, confusion, love, conflict and tragedy.
Dougherty uses Sandy's Memoir like a masterful painter who uses a canvas and paint to awe, entertain, enlighten and most of all educate.
This book is a must read for any adult family or individual living with a life threatening illness; a perfect adult book for any home library.
This story will allow readers an opportunity to absorb the daily struggles of Sickle Cell Disease victims, regardless of their lifestyle choices or how their lives unfold. SCD victims are destined to become detoured by an inherited blood disorder which causes red blood cells to become abnormally shaped. This condition causes intense pain resulting with infection and severe complications like organ failure and/or strokes or its sequelae ultimately.
My Sickle Shaped Life: Sandy's Memoir is available online via Amazon.
Purchase on Amazon here: http://bit.ly/mysickleshapedlife
L.M. Dougherty is now accepting bookings for speaking engagements, social awareness, and book reading.
Book L.M. Dougherty today at SickleShapedLife [at] gmail.com
Watch a greeting from L.M. Dougherty here: https://youtu.be/umb4NG4d8DA
Also Follow LM Dougherty on Facebook at http://Facebook.com/LindaLMDougherty
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