Young at heart
Subtitle: the likes and life of a teenager with progeria
By: Hayley Okines with Alison Stokes
Contributors: Stokes, Alison, author
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Abercynon, Wales
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9781783753260; 9781783752706
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Patients; Health; Teenage girls; Progeria; Teenagers; Biography
Description: The amazing and 'awkward' life of Britain's 'oldest' teenager Hayley Okines is just like any other 17-year-old: she loves clothes, shopping, TV and boy bands and hates getting up in the morning. But she has the rare genetic condition progeria, which means her body ages eight times faster than normal, giving her the body of a 126-year-old woman. Her positive attitude and infectious smile has charmed millions of people, through a series of TV documentaries. In 'Young at Heart', Hayley continues her unusual life story, which began with first memoir 'Old Before My Time'.