I have always loved writing, i.e., in English as opposed to my native language, Tagalog. When I was in my teens, I used to pour my apprehensions and anxieties into poems and essays which helped sustain me through those troubled years. Decades after, a family tragedy happened which inspired me to write again. My first book, A Life Reclaimed, was published in September 2009!

A Life Reclaimed is about my niece, Sheila May Advento, a courageous young woman and a quadruple amputee. In July 2003, Sheila was just 26. She had a new job, attended night school and helped her mom with house expenses. Life seemed full of promise when tragedy struck. She contracted meningococcemia, a serious and life-threatening infection of the bloodstream. She was in coma for eight days but she survived, albeit at a terrible cost. Gradually, she regained her strength but her limbs remained black and lifeless. Barely a month later, she had to make the most difficult decision in her life – face amputation of her limbs or eventually die from the infection. This is her story.


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A Life Reclaimed was published by booklocker.com.  It is available in ebook format ($9.95) and in paperback (color interior) at $22.95.  To get a free excerpt from the book and/or to order the ebook or the paperback, click here.  It is also available online through amazon.com, barnes and noble, and other booksellers.

Note: I have several copies left available for sale at a reduced price.  Email me if you are interested in obtaining one (or a few).

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