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Playing in Dirt

by Kimberley Ghiggia Thorn

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A childhood shaped by a family’s fight

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A childhood shaped by a family’s fight

Set over a year in the early 1980s on a California Central Valley ranch, Kimberley Ghiggia Thorn’s memoir looks back on her brother Clint’s cancer treatment through her perspective as a five-year-old. Illness and the possibility of loss are part of everyday family life, but the account also follows the ordinary childhood she continues to experience, including kindergarten and the companionship of her older brother. Parents, relatives, friends, and strangers form part of the support around the family. The book brings together childhood, sibling bonds, community, and faith in a true account of how a serious illness affected a family’s shared life.

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  • Adults interested in memoirs about childhood and family life
  • Readers seeking personal accounts of a sibling’s cancer treatment
  • Those interested in stories of family and community support shaped by illness

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Childhood and illnessSibling bondsFamily and community supportFaith

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Book overview

Witness what childhood cancer is like through the eyes of a sibling whose brother is fighting for his life. While having an older brother battling leukemia, five-year-old Kimberley doesn't know a world without childhood cancer. The talk of death and illness is commonplace in her home, but in her innocent eyes, life is filled with laughter, love, and hope.

 

Journey with her through unexplained miracles, hospital stays, and unwavering faith; while her parents, extended relatives, family friends, and complete strangers help her navigate the chaos of life to ensure that she never misses a single day of kindergarten. Follow her through a year in the early 1980's of farming on the family's grape vineyard in California's Central Valley.

 

This is a true story of how cancer brought a family and community closer to each other.

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