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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Because Julie Yip-Williams was born blind, her grandmother attempted to have her killed.
Chapter 3: Relocating to the US at the age of three, Julie had surgery that gave her some vision.
Chapter 4: With something to prove, Julie immersed herself in studies and then traveled across the world.
Chapter 5: Julie built a thriving career and fell in love.
Chapter 6: Visiting Los Angeles for her cousin’s wedding, Julie received a stage IV colon cancer diagnosis.
Chapter 7: Julie grappled with the concept of hope.
Chapter 8: Julie’s cancer reached her lungs, making it definitively incurable.
Chapter 9: As Julie’s cancer began accelerating, she began planning her own death.
Description
As a blind child, Julie Yip-Williams escaped from the poverty of war-torn Vietnam to the peaceful abundance of Los Angeles. For most people, this would have been their life’s most remarkable event – but Julie wasn’t destined for a normal life. In her candid memoir, The Unwinding of the Miracle (2019), Julie takes us on an extraordinary journey through her equally extraordinary time on Earth – from her birth and blindness to her world travels and battle with terminal cancer.
Who Should Listen
- Cancer patients feeling alone in their fight
- Compassionate souls who want to feel another person’s pain
- Anybody wanting to be told an uncanny tale