Review: A great read ESPECIALLY for Parents & Grandparents
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
The Long QT is a heart condition. When you say it fast, it sounds like the Long Cutie, hence the book's title. The author's daughter has this condition. It can be frightening. It can be fatal. And many people are not diagnosed (or misdiagnosed) until it is too late.The book is primarily about how the author's family deals with this condition while rasing their precocious daughter Savannah...Savvy for short. Ok, I can hear you now:"OMG--not ANOTHER book where the author spins a tale of "woe is me, please feel sorry for me, look what we have to deal with, life is so unfair!"Well if you were thinking this, you'd be wrong.The author intersperses vignettes of his daughter's activities and daily life with stories of OTHER people who have battled Long QT. And by doing so, he does something that is extremely difficult: he educates you about the condition, without it being a dry, boring, medical report.In fact, the book reads almost like a collection of short stories...they just are all about people with Long QT. And it takes a very talented author to make this happen.I don't have Long QT. I guess that after a stent and Open Heart (quadruple bypass) surgery, God figured I didn't need that, too. I'm hoping you will never have to deal with Long QT. Even if everyone in your family is super healthy, I'd still recommend this book. It was very interesting and moved along quickly.You can always tell when a book is well written...you find yourself sad that it has ended.A note to the author: Dan, I keep my head down in the rain...but I wear glasses.